2ND Semester Classes

Well heres a breakdown of my 2nd semester...

General Epistles: this class studys and examimes the general epistles from Hebrews to Revelation. The professor is horribly funny and cant go ONE class with out at least 10-15 puns! I have been very interested in the things I am learning about some of the un-known authorships and seeing thins differently than before.

Old Testament Historical Books: with Peter Mitchell as the prof, this class is one the funniest yet intriuging classes I am taking. Looking through the books of Joshua throughout Nahum has been seen in a WAY more exciting way than when I had read some of them. Mitchell is amazing at bringing the OT to modern life. I respect him highly and find it fun to learn the OT with him as prof.

Evangelism and Discipleship: the title this class has been given pretty much states its objectives. Taking a look through church history and its ways of minisrty and everything from the modernistic look to the post-modern. With practical evang and disciplship assignments along with a really "cute" somewhat kindergarden like teacher, this class is rather enjoyable and forces me to put together basic bible studies and get out there and "go and do it"

Christian Theology 2: favorite class I will have ever taken in any of my schooling history. Once again, Peter Mitchell (a man who invites JW's in his house only to have them leave speechless) tops it off. Going through basic Christology (proof of Jesus and and his death and rez) all the way to supportive arguments. I have never been in a one hour session 2wice a week that I have enjoyed more. I will leave this place (Briercrest) equipped with the knowledge needed to support my belief and know what to say when someone asks me why I am a Christian!

Basic Piano: Pretty obvious. Going through Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Vol. 1.


JOES PLACE: Well, my favorite times here in the land of living skies have been @ Joes! I have been given full authority over the DJ booth and still enjoy workin the pit and makin my rounds patrolling the block. Last week we had another fight and 20-some kids left Joes to go to Cresent Park. Fortunatly and hulariously, some cheif staff and Joe himself had started a snowball fight to break it up. "So I hear there's supposed to be a fight here tonight" Justin said as he was packing his ball of snow* I am very sad to leave this place this spring to come home and stay. But future visits are a guarentee!!!

Thats all folks...

PC or Mac?

http://www.thinkchristian.net/?p=960

So, which are you? Think about it. I really admire these videos on a number of different levels...

The actors were amazing at creating this parody. It was well done, it was clear and straight forward, it has an amazing message that I beleive we should all consider. In Paul's letter to the Galatians he writes to them concering circumcision. In Paul's day, if you were a Jew, you had to be circumsized in order to fulfill the "law". But after Pauls conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9), he began to preach to both the Jews and the Gentiles. Pauls first letter was to the Galations and he wrote it from Antioch inbetween his first and second missionary journey. He wrote to the GALATIANS out of anger for what they were doing wrong. In chapter 6:12-16, pauls mentions circumsision in particular and states boldy that it simply does not matter. What matters is that all people in Christ are new creations (2 Cor. 5:17-20) and the old law is has gone since Jesus. Anywhoo, i just think that these videos are really sweet and you should really think about them hard.

Love you guys...

Tinky :)

Road Trip Pics as promised*

So yeah, on the way home from Mod-week, I picked Sara up and we were just gonna go to Calgary for the day (she had never been there) like to go shopping. But heck on the way when I was driving, I passed through 'Mountian View County' on Hwy 2. I saw the pink rosy red of the sunrise shinging on the freshly white capped rockie...so how could I resist...Canmore was only another 40 min from Calgary! So yeh, these are the pictures. Love you all, toodles*

Waay back to 'Mustache Day'

Pretty creppy eh? LOL

WOW

Ok well lets just start off by restating the title...WOW. My last few weeks have been a little rough. I've been so incredibly busy with homework (miracle month november!) an almost every single assingment thats big is due in this month and IM going insane!!!!! And to top that off, Ive really really been missing home. I miss my parents, I miss my friends, my bed...and the list goes on, but most of all I miss the ICE Youth. I Love you guys so dealry, you cheer me up and I have so much fun when I am with or around you. You kindle my Joy and give fire to my passion. I cannot wait till I can see you guys again. I love most everything out here, well really just 3 classes and Joe's Place but MAN I miss home. The other day @ Joes we had Disco/Hippy night...OMG, 2 and 1/2 hours of stright dancing and then 2 hours in the booth running the tunes and showing the lights...so much fun, my spine is out of whack and my hips are so sore from all that Boogie'n and gettin down. Well sorry to bid thee farewell but I have some things to do and even more stories to share @ Christmas (lets say things such as decapitatad Deer...???) oh and I'll share some pics of my adventure on the way back down here, it was a beautiful day with lots of sun and the Rockies were so perfectly glossed with snow!

Anywhoo, I'll post those shots someday when I get the time..but for now, Dios te bendiga mi hermano minor eh mi hermana minor en Cristo!!! Te Amo*

Buh-byes :)

Your bro (and son, grandson) in Christ,

Jason :D

So what exactly does college look like?

Well to make this really short and sweet (like collge is...literally) The other day in Youth Ministry class, a fromer student knew what it was like to sit through a long (realy short though) hour of class with a boring (favorite prof) Marv Penner, so at the beggining of Class he threw about 3 safeway bags full of candy at us and i even sick after cuz I had so many lil chocolate bars and fuzzy peach (my fav soft candy*) and then on top of that, we got to watch a funny improv skit on the difficulties of beig a youth pastor. he story though has only begun. In my Literature and Composition (fancy way of saying English) class, we have to have one hour/week of a night class fo further study. In this particular night, our tutorial leader baked us a fresh batch of warm chocolate chip cookies! Then in that class we split up in groups and were even let out early! So that was only the middle part of this story...one would now only question "what else could possibly be as easy and more fun than that in a high;y acedemic college like BBC?" Well, have you not forgotten that I am also in a Childrens Ministry class? So other than the brutally hard stuff like working with play-dough, cutting and pasting as part of a class assignment, and having all the notes in class accessible online...our Professor thought that it might be nice to have a lil break, and since we are disscussing the role that the world has in a childs life, we are going to focus on the media aspect, and in todays class, Amy has prepared 2 half hour programs of her own childrens favorite TV programs (ok so not TV programs, that sounds too formal...CARTOONS!!!)

So yeh, that is the horrible work load that I am currently dealing with here @ Briercrest.

Hope that I'm not scaring you from applying here in the future....

Anywhoo, see you guys in 13 days!!!!!!
oh and the Butterfly...i took that when I was @ the Toronto Zoo* just thot i'd throw that in for the effect of my difficulty.

Whose that stud? LOL

Oh, why its ME, Jason Derkson, feel free to copy and paste these pictures as your wallpaper Background...LOL

Anywhoo, back to the books!!!! YAY!

Guess what week it is?????

ITS MUSTACHE WEEK!!! YAY....NO SHAVING! man I'm already perdy scruffy lookin and my stache is comin along not as bad as I thought, but i tell you now that I will never grow a stache again, im really not a fan of that. But I will post a picture for you guys when things are looking ugliest*

Till then, God Bless!
Jason :D

Exclusive Room Tour!

Well hey, this is my room, yup, right across the hall is the applicance room with a full size fridge, oven and microwave. Theres a sink and cupboards. I am connected to another room like mine via a bathroom. It has a toilet and sink, and a full size bath/shower! Life is awesome here, one thing though, its on the other side of Caronport from the Caf and the classes are even further. But its a nice walk everyday. Its Sept 19 today and man it feels good to be cold. Were sittin at about -2 right now and tomorw may only be like 5 degrees, give er a month and it'll be -20, 2 and it'll be -40!!!!! I havent had temps like that since before last summer!!! Its so exciting!

Anywhoo, you now owe me 10 bux in change (for laudnry) for the exclusive one of a kind tour!

Luv yall,
pax!

Old skool picturez* (back in the day)

Mexico 2003
Paul Band (me and Tori) 2004

Grad pic 2004

Yeah I was so not cool back in those days, hehe, but hey, i just thought i might give you guys a few old pics of me, well even though they are only like 2-4 years old, i am way different..LOL

Peace out..

ps. this is MySpace....
http://derkson1.spaces.live.com/

l8r readerz*