The Fourth Heaven

"The Fourth Heaven" is a reference to the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri. In "Paradiso" (Cantos X-XIV), the Fourth Heaven is the sphere of the Theologians and Fathers of the Church. I would not presume to place myself on the same level as those greats, but I am interested in philosophy and theology; so the reference fits. I started this blog back in 2005 and it has basically served as a repository for my thoughts and musings on a wide variety of topics.

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I am currently a graduate student in philosophy, doing research on theories of moral motivation and moral reasons. I'm also interested in topics in the philosophy of science--especially theories of explanation--and would like to become better acquainted with the writings of Kierkegaard, Husserl, and Heidegger. I am currently a member of the Free Methodist Church, have a broadly Evangelical Christian background, and am learning to better appreciate that tradition and heritage. I have a growing interest in historical and systematic theology (especially the doctrine of the Trinity and soteriology) and church history. I'm always thrilled when I get the chance to teach or preach. I like drawing, painting, and calligraphy. I really enjoy Victorian novels and I think "Middlemarch" is my favorite. I'm working on relearning how to be a really thoughtful and perceptive reader. I enjoy hiking and weight training, the "Marx Brothers", and "Pinky and the Brain".

Friday, September 21, 2007

Graduate 68: Settling in

So here are a couple of images of my apartment.







The weather in Riverside has been wonderful so far. Wednesday it rained and the temperature has been fairly mild all the rest of this week. I was lucky enough to miss, by about a week, the late-August heatwave. So I am forced to acknowledge that my happy experience up to this point does not necessarily reflect normative conditions. Oh well.








There are some disconcerting aspects to living alone. For instance, rolls of toilet paper last an unusually long time. But on the whole, things are going well. I've been a bit lazy this last week and will have to discipline my time very deliberately in the future.







There's a Food-4-Less across the street, a laundromat, Kragen Auto store, and all sorts of restaurants within easy walking distance. My apartment is a little over a mile from UCR and on a very convenient bus route. I'm settling in nicely and looking forward to orientation and beginning classes next week.

Blessings all,

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God is in this place,
and that reality, seen and understood by the grace of God in Christ Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit, makes all the difference in the world.

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