So I was doing the normal week 5 activities including mass procrastination, and this is what happened.

Okay, it’s really kind of fun, here are the guidlines….

Rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search (http://www.flickr.com/).
b. Using ONLY the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Mosaic Maker. Change rows to 4 and columns to 4 (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php).
d. Save the image and post it on this blog!!

The Questions:
1. Favorite Color
2. Favorite Food
3. Favorite Drink
4. Favorite Season
5. Favorite Hobby
6. Favorite Holiday
7. Favorite Song
8. Favorite Movie
9. Favorite Number
10. Favorite Animal
11. Favorite Sport
12. Favorite TV Show
13. Favorite Job
14. Favorite Vacation Spot
15. Favorite Memory
16. Favorite Quote

Now, I know this isn’t the ‘typical’ post–but it’s just so fun, I had to share it with the WORLD!!! Plus, I think it shows that a little procrastination is needed during every week 5! You really can’t be successful at studying for finals if you never take breaks! Have fun with this, and post your mosaics!

If you’re wondering just how involved NCC students are in global politics, I’ve got the web site for you!  Currently, I am taking a Comparative Politics course with the highly skilled Professor Muck.  As part of his course, students are required to blog weekly on global events in the political arena. Let me tell you, what people find, and post on is fascinating! You’ll probably get more info here than you would on your typical cable news show. So go, check it out, and tell me what yout think!!!

Holy Cow.  This term is going to be NUTS! Good nuts, like honey roasted peanuts, a little sweet and salty, not bad nuts, like those kinds that fall from the tree, rot, and smell terrible…just for clarifications sake.  My classes are AMAZING, the Professors are all spectacular. This term by far I have some of the most passionate and excited Profs I even had here at NCC.  But that’s not the whole reason why I am saying Holy Cow.

Holy Cow describes how my extracurricular life is going to go down this term.

We are kicking off a chapter of International Justice Mission this term.  Right now, we are in the middle of the 24/7 Prayer Week, I’m flying home for Easter this weekend, and I just returned from a weekend at Calvin College in Michigan from their biannual Festival of Faith and Music.

Nuts. Certifiably Nuts, yet absolutely fantastic in every way.

I suppose I could fill you all in on this spectacular weekend I just returned from! A group of 11 students and staff journeyed around Lake Michigan into Grand Rapids for a conference featuring speakers such as Cornel West and artists including Over the Rhine and Lupe Fiasco just to name a few.

The whole purpose was to explore how faith and music intersect, whether that be within the actual process of writing and composing, within modern popular and political culture, or the music industry.   It was a truly fascinating experience being able to dialogue with professors and artists about the clash of all these topics, and how faith fits in.  I would have to say that this was by far one of the most inspiring weekends I have ever encountered.  I came out greatly missing the instruments I once played, as well as with a deep desire to take them back up, and make some great music!

Not to mention while experiencing all of these conversations and concerts, there was some awesome bonding that went on.   Like I said, there was a group of 11 of us total, and I have to say, I have a newfound respect and admiration for each and every one of them.  From being confused by rap, to pillow talk and acting as though food were a new discovery, it was a truly unique and amazing weekend.

Moral of the story: The more connected you get within any particular facet of Campus (in my case, ministry and service), the more fun things you get to do!  So get in there, commit to a role in leadership, and you will NOT regret it!!