Progress…

            Andrew Cuthbert, Project Manager in training, continues. The last week or so I feel like my mind is finally- very slowly perhaps- learning what it takes to manage projects; or at least a glimpse of this. It has been very hard for me to be able to focus my mind on the big picture and logical flow of a project. I feel like I am disorganized, unable to think logically, and incapable of thinking big picture.

There is hope. I am making progress. It may be slower than I would like, but I think I am getting better, and that is always encouraging. Maybe you know what it is like to plan out a project, but for me it requires a whole shift in how my brain works. Projects don’t focus on the relationships or reasonings but on management of tasks. Everyone has their own specialities but I think I’ve always wanted to be a little bit of renaissance man.  

            I have also been doing a lot of thinking and reading on “social justice.” Kevin DeYoung, who wrote Just Do Something and Why We’re Not Emergent, has a blog and has written several times on the biblical foundations of social justice. His readings have challenged me to think more biblically and perhaps less emotionally. After I came into college I jumped on the Irresistible Revolution and Shane Claiborne-eque bandwagon. Now I am hopefully coming back to a view that is not more balanced, but more biblical. I would encourage anyone to read Kevin DeYoung’s blog [http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/], especially on the topic of “social justice.” You would be mistaken to read into this that I do not believe in helping the poor; rather, I want to learn to help others in a way that is Gospel-centered and motivated by the Scriptures.

Side note: If Indianapolis could be placed in southwestern Michigan it would be the greatest city in the world.

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