I have yet to do a final read before print out, but I have finished my close read (paper) on Ignatius's letter to Polycarp, paragraph 2. I'm not sure if I have followed the instructions as to format, but I was able to give her the 3-4 pages with references that were asked for!

I will probably be headed to the library later today to begin work on the exegesis for my delivered sermon. If I were doing this passage (1 Timothy 1:12-17) for my church, I would be ready to go. However, I do not have enough material for the exegesis questions (it is a thirteen question format rather than a formal exegesis) also I usually do some more reading on how others (http://www.sermoncentral.com/) have handled the material. (That may not be appropriate for this course, so I am resisting the urge to go there.) This was especially helpful this past year when the lectionary did not use the familiar texts during the special Sundays. In particular, this Christmas we did not look to baby Jesus coming with all the pomp and circumstance (angels and shepherds, etc) rather we looked to the second coming of Christ and the apocolypse.

Also, I want to explore Duke's Divinity Library (as opposed to the school library which I have yet to enter) prior to preparing the more formal exegesis that is needed for the Hebrew Bible course.

Just so you don't think that I truly am only spending time working/writing/reading/researching, last night we went over to 9th Street a section of Durham directly off Central Campus that has many quaint shops and a vast array of restaurants. Everything from a corner diner, a pub and grille, a mideastern/southwestern (?!?) restaurant, a falafal house, a dessert/internet cafe, seafood, etc. There is a book store, an art store, a tattoo parlor, laundromat, two boutiques. It's quite the stretch. We ran into a gentleman who was panhandling, one of the pastor's offered to take him to dinner. My roommate and I left, so I'm not sure how that worked out. There was a duet of street musicians. And then of course there were all the different groups: underclassmen, the biker's, the workers coming in to the neighborhood pub, and then there was us -- the SCOS pastors!!! Actually it felt a little like bike night in Erie;)