One of my favorite seminary moments was in Dr. Doriani's class. A gentleman, who was a bit older than the rest of the crowd, prayed a very cute prayer. He worked in, "Lord, we thank you for the curveballs of life. Both those we hit and those we miss." It was done in the sweetest most gentle tone. Upon completion Dr. Doriani looks out over the class and says, "Do you think God likes cute prayers? I don't think God likes cute prayers." I put this "ash tray" in a similar vein.
P.S. The gentleman was affectionately know as "Curveball".
i was in that class! and the kicker is that he was running for class president and it was the day of the election. the exact quote as i remember it was "thank you, Lord for the curves in life: the ones you give to us, and the ones you throw to us" The context being we were getting exams back that day and were delighted to learn Doriani had curved the scale for our benefit.
And I wanted to slap Doriani high five after his comment. It was totally appropriate.
I don't even remember if I was actually in the class or I have just heard and retold the story so many times that I think I was a part of it. Every class I had and "Curveball" would speak up that is all I could think of. In a sense, it is a great illustration of "participationists" theology...or self-deception.
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One of my favorite seminary moments was in Dr. Doriani's class. A gentleman, who was a bit older than the rest of the crowd, prayed a very cute prayer. He worked in, "Lord, we thank you for the curveballs of life. Both those we hit and those we miss." It was done in the sweetest most gentle tone. Upon completion Dr. Doriani looks out over the class and says, "Do you think God likes cute prayers? I don't think God likes cute prayers." I put this "ash tray" in a similar vein.
P.S. The gentleman was affectionately know as "Curveball".
i was in that class! and the kicker is that he was running for class president and it was the day of the election. the exact quote as i remember it was "thank you, Lord for the curves in life: the ones you give to us, and the ones you throw to us" The context being we were getting exams back that day and were delighted to learn Doriani had curved the scale for our benefit.
And I wanted to slap Doriani high five after his comment. It was totally appropriate.
That is at best cheesy--at worst, well words fail me.
that's classic. it must be available at urban outfiitters or something.
just passing through here--i like your blog, dude.
peace
The crazy thing:
I don't even remember if I was actually in the class or I have just heard and retold the story so many times that I think I was a part of it. Every class I had and "Curveball" would speak up that is all I could think of. In a sense, it is a great illustration of "participationists" theology...or self-deception.
kdny
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