Me
I was born and raised in the suburbs of Washington DC. Grew up very involved in church until high school when our home church went through some drama. My family left soon after and in our church hunting I got lost in the culture of high school keg parties, even hosting a couple of my own when my parents were out of town. I moved to New York to attend NYU undergrad and spent 6 years there loving the life and culture. Half my time was spent not serving Christ, the latter half spent hungering after Him. Now I'm here. So far I like Southern California much more than I expected. New Yorkers think there's no place cooler than New York, but this place is really hot to me! Cool people, very artistic. I like the vibe.I'm studying through the Brehm Center's Theology and Arts program. I do consider myself an artist, but more in mentality than vocation. I do write creatively. I do sing, but not professionally. And I do have a guitar I've been moving around with me for the last 4 years that I still do not know how to play! Mostly though, I love artists and believe God can really use artists and our bohemian style approaches towards life to really effectively minister the Gospel. I believe Jesus lived a very artistic lifestyle; he was poor, he moved around a lot, he told wonderful stories, and he was passionate about social justice. Without even trying too hard, I see my life modeling His and I owe it all to grace. Very thankful for all that I've experienced thus far and for the years I'll have left to live like Him.
From this class, I hope to really dig deep into global social issues that already weigh heavily on my heart. What I'm going to love about the class is that I get to dig with Christ-minded individuals and we get to re-examine our approaches to those issues together as people who try to model Christ's life. I really want to know Jesus' way and how He would deal with poverty and corruption and genocide and fundamentalism now, in this day, with our resources and our prejudices. I look forward to the journey.
posted by Colleen Yvonne Mae @ 11:41 PM
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