The Dust has Settled

After Monday’s chapel service I met with my paper advisor and secondary reader for my thesis project. We had the infamous “structured conversation”— a meeting similar to a thesis defense. I felt completely proud and confident of my work…up until about fifteen minutes until we were supposed to meet. Oh boy. My stomach was in knots. Not only did the entire month of research, late nights, and writing flash before my eyes—but my entire seminary experience over the past two years rushed through my mind. My confidence quickly left me on the drive up to campus. The meeting lasted a little over an hour. It went by pretty quickly. You know what? It wasn’t that bad. It actually went really well. I “passed.” I let my nerves get the best of me. As it turns out the professors here are pretty awesome. They aren’t scary. You shouldn’t be afraid of them! Well…most of them, hah! It feels good to know that I can chip away at my paper by doing a little bit of extra editing and tightening here and there. Luckily, I don’t have any major issues to take care of—so I can actually do some fun stuff with the paper! Reading and writing for fun is a good thing. I suggest trying it sometime if you haven’t!

-Dan