Cwillz Spills » college

Boots for flip flops: Indiana, here I come.

Chris Williams — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:31:48 +0000

Today at 2:54 MST it became twitter and facebook official (and shortly before that real life official) that I am moving back to Indiana to serve the middle school and college ministries of the Community Church of Columbus, with which I lived and worked until moving out to Montana in April.

Montana has been a very interesting and overall very good experience for me. First of all, this place is gorgeous. I will miss the terrain of Big Sky Country. However, in the midst of living in one the prettiest places in the U.S., I lived with troubled teens from a very wide variety of backgrounds, supervising and counseling them. These young men (indeed that is the goal, and the majority of our students are almost adults) have been a handful. I hope that by the things I have taught them about Christ, forgiveness, being the first to make things right, and that by insisting steadily and gently on truth life is much better for them. I have shown them how to take a few steps, and when I leave Missoula on August 12 or 13th, will leave contact info but hand them over to the Lord to help them stay on “the path of the righteous [which] is like the first gleam of dawn,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day”(Prov. 4:8).

I know that I am best suited for ministry within a church, and that is what I think about most often. Volunteering at Shec‘s youth ministry has been tons of fun, and it made me miss being in the student ministry game terribly. That combined with CCC having such great students, volunteers, parents, supportive members, and fellow staff members(this is such a quality team!) made the choice to go back pretty easy. I am extremely grateful for Shec and the good people I have met there. They have welcomed the strangest stranger

I will be leaving Missoula early on the 13th of August for the beginning of my seminary studies at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, OR and my cousin’s wedding. From there, I am embarking on a road trip (yes, another cross country drive in a VW!) and visiting friends along the way. I will post a predicted itinerary soon.

Montana, farewell.

Indiana, get ready.

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

Tagged: CCC, church, college, Community Church of Columbus, facebook, middle school, moving, road trip, student ministry, twitter, Uncategorized, vanagon, vanagon syncro, vw

Please Interpet My Dream

Chris Williams — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:08:26 +0000

This morning I had a dream that I was at the house I grew up in on Wolfcreek Rd in Columbus, IN. I was in the kitchen with some new friends that were somehow connected with Franklin College, which in my dream was about a 1/2 mile away from the house (in reality about 45 minutes away). I asked if I could walk through the house becasue I used to live there, but the person in charge said there was some official reason they couldn’t let people tour the house. bummer.

I have never really dreamed about the house, especially inside, and would really like to know if there is some kind of hidden significance here. Any ideas?

May the Lord’s will be done,

CWillZ

Tagged: college, dreams, Franklin College, interpreting dreams, old house, tour, wolfcreek

Libronix For Mac

Chris Williams — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:37:00 +0000

Have a mac, love to study the Bible and depressed about the options available to you?

Libronix, a great scholarly tool for studying the Bible and theology, is going cool. I used Libronix quite a bit over the last few years and really wish I had it for myself.

Thought I would spread the word.
If you want to buy it for me, that would be good too

May the Lord’s will be done,
CWillZ

6 Little Words

Chris Williams — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:49:00 +0000

My friend Caitlin told me about this 6-word memoir book / site. I guess Hemmingway was once asked to write an American story in six words and came up with “For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn”.

You can submit your own 6 word memoir, read others, and submit your own at http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/

I submitted one:

“FS: College Degree take over payments.”

Yes, I know FS is shorthand for two words. Get over it.

Zero Is a Happy Number

Chris Williams — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:04:00 +0000

I have an abscessed tooth and did not sleep more than 3 hours last night, but I feel great.
No, I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night or save 30% by switching to Geico(I am very satisfied with Progressive BTW). Yesterday I finished something that has taken me years — I paid off all of my credit card debt. I would like to share a more complete story, but for now I will boil it down to a few points:

1) I went to college and spent money I did not have – DON’T DO THIS
2) I realized that I needed to pay it back – DO THIS
3) I payed the minimum payment for a long time because it was what I had – Only do this if you have to, but DON’T DO THIS
4) I payed over the minimum payment to reduce the debt – DO THIS
5) I transferred the balance to another CC with 0% interest – DO THIS only if you are serious, read carefully, don’t spend any more money you don’t have
6) I paid it off. DO THIS

Not a very interesting story, but the basics are there. Thank you Carol, the Fogler Family, Dave Ramsey, and all my friends who have shared thoughts and ideas along the way. Praise the Lord!!

Now about those student loans… Please pray / send me checks.