Friday, October 20, 2006

So I have been catapulted into the Publishing industry. I feel like a foose-ball being kicked around by aggressive, and extravagantly coloured, plastic men. The job arose out of a trip to Toronto Baptist Seminary with the C&C (no not command and conquer) group of Grace Bible Church. After a fascinating time, which included a surprise visit from some close friends, and a call to live a life of worship as described in Romans 12, my wife and I drove back to K/W area with a member of the C&C group. On the way home, Heather fell asleep, and I this woman and I talked about life, interests, her job, my lack of one, etc... The conversation came around to my interests in grammar, english, and whether or not I was a fan of the editing/proofing process. This is me. I'm the kid who drools over linguistics, and fusses exceptionally over the grammar and content of every email I send. God's absolute control over the events of this world is astounding. In any case, Janice asked my if I would be willing to work on a book being published through Joshua Press. 5 Chapters into a book on Wesley and Socialism, I am enjoying it thoroughly. I never realized how many endnotes could exist in one chapter. In any case, God is providing, Heather and I are well, opportunities to spend time with the pastor of Grace are growing, and I am studying John and being fascinated. Oh ya, go immediately to www.desiringgod.org and check out the conference stuff. You trent students, listen to it. There is some interesting insight into our post-modern world. Noah, you remind me of Driscoll.

My time is running short,
peace,

al'Ander

9 comments:

Sarah Beth said...

I was quite amused while reading your blog. Perhaps you were in such a rush that you were unable to edit :) Ironic ;)
Glad to hear that all is well!
Love,
The Sister in law

Todd said...

har har... :) Actually its funny because my time at the Library was running out. I didn't even think this post made it through. Hope you aren't sleeping through classes with that gargantuan schedule of yours.

peace out sis.

Jerry said...

Wedding pictures please. ^_^

For what it's worth, I think you may have hit on somewhat of a well-suited profession there Al-ander.

Anonymous said...

Ok. So Jerry wants to see wedding pictures. So, uh . . .can someone send us some wedding pictures? Anyone out there got some good digital ones? At the moment, we've got a wedding album of proofs and no scanner or anything. So, either we get our hands on some digitals or anyone who wants to see pics will just have to come visit :)
Heather

andrew said...

Welcome to the fold Todder! The publishing industry is filled with lots of interesting people, so, enjoy! And hey, it's one of the few industries where experience actually counts more than the number of letters after your name. (Tho, I'll admit, letters don't hurt.)

Jerry said...

Letters = Legitimacy! Don't listen to him!

Todd said...

I think its humorous that us un-lettered folk tell the lettered folk how they should write things down. Thanks for the welcome Mack. How is the industry treating you these days?

Jerry said...

TODD I FOUND THE DRAGON VIDEO YOU MUST SHOW HEATHER

that is all

Jerry said...

I found the dragon video.