Well here it is, almost half way through the month and I have yet to post a blog entry. Of course I don’t worry about it too much since we have our newsletter coming out on a regular basis I don’t need to put news up there and most of the blogs I read don’t update on a regular basis either (except for maybe www.grahamkervin.net and http://seekthefather.blogspot.com

sorry Erik T, I still have you droning on and on in my head). So imagine my surprise when Curt Niccum had a blog entry.

So as not to be outdone by this Ethiopic Ancient Text Expert (EATE) I decided to pound out a blog entry. Sorry I got interrupted to make a phone call I hope you didn’t notice the pause in typing. Anyway where was I….oh yea, trying not to be outdone by someone who has more language skill and experience in ancient texts in one synaptic connection than I have in my whole hemisphere…I mean to me an ancient text is my thermodynamics book collecting dust on the top of my bookshelf. Who needs the book anyway when I drive the process everyday.

To Niccum’s credit I do count one of the downsides of my years of toil on this earth is not having the opportunity of experiencing the pain…er joy of taking one of his classes. I have heard many a tale of gnashing, grinding, biting, and wailing, of NIV text that occur in each session. These are not rumors, but horrific actual accounts from those that have escaped the piercing Greek eyes of the EATE. The survivors come marked with a label, TNIV, I believe is the inscription, but I drone on and on and on…

All seriousness aside, I always try to catch as many speaking engagements as I can to hear the EATE expound his wisdom. And I wish that I could have had the opportunity to be counted as one of his young Padawans, but alas I can not. I will, though, be forever grateful to him for tapping me on the shoulder one Sunday and asking if I might be interested in a church plant in Vienna, Austria. Thanks Curt!