Up late again

Ugh - can't sleep again - been trying for a solid hour and 15 minutes, to no avail. I even worked out today and was rather active through the course of the day, too.

So, I find out today if I have been granted an interview with Teach for America, an Americorps program that trains and sends teachers to rural and urban, underdeveloped school districts. I'm hoping to get sent to St. Louis - great churches there, Covenant Seminary, good people. I'd love to get a jump on getting to know the Covenant staff and see if it would be a good fit for grad school.

If I don't get this position, I have to choose between law school (LSAT on Dec 3), maybe working for the CIA, grad school (oh, please no!), or some other, heretofore unthought-of, job. I've looked into getting certified to teach in OK by subbing for a year and then taking the qualifying test, but I'm sure that Dad wouldn't go for it.

I listened to Paige Benton Brown's talk on friendship yesterday and was again struck by how very powerful a teacher she is. I was so convicted about my failings as a friend and recommitted to being a good friend, and stop moaning about not having as many friends as I wish I had. Paige can cut so quickly to the heart of an issue! I was reminded again that two Christians in a friendship does not make a Christian friendship, just as a family of people who are Christians does not make a Christian family. How quickly I forget that fellowship means not merely the presence of food, but the presence of the Holy Spirit in the company of believers - how differently I would view "pot-prov"s if I were to remember this!

So then, what does true fellowship look like? Hmm...