I’ve come to the end of the rope. This will be my last semester
here; then I’ll be gone. Are chaplains allowed to leave after
their term is served? I’m just sick of Cedarville, can’t really
take it anymore. Most of you know I have never really ‘liked’
Cedarville..and I definetly still don’t. I am NOT attempting to
make any sort of judgement call on Cedarville itself, nor its
rules. I’m not saying their wrong, or bad. They’re just not
ME, at all. Does that make sense? I’m a terrible dancer, but hey,
it’s a brilliant stress relief. Oftentimes I feel pulled to go to
places we’re “not allowed” to go, in order to touch people’s
lives. I ain’t a bad kid. My parents back home, as opposed
to my parents other places, I suppose, don’t give me any rules.
They say that I’ve earned their trust, and that even involves them
trusting me to be the man they have trained me to be in situations they
KNOW will not good; they let me do those things. Rules are fine
and good, at times. The tendency in the Bible seems to show,
however, that spiritual discernment, not rules, are the mark of
maturity. I’ve been raised by amazing, godly parents, and they’ve
trained me to seek God above all else. I don’t want Cedarville to
throw in a lot of extraneous laws of man that will harm my thinking
about God. Therefore, I must leave. There’s plenty of other
little things too…Cedarville is just so NOT me, the theology is
different, the denomination, I don’t buy it…etc. etc. But
sometimes, there comes a time to follow God’s leading elsewhere, and I
beleive He’s showing me that Cedarville is NOT me, and calling me
elsewhere. This is not just an angry “I hate you all I’m leaving”
sort of thing.
But, I love you all, and I will miss you dearly. And this xanga will stick around, eh? Sweet.
And to keep things lighthearted, here’s a picture of someone I went to high school with. Actually, just their foot.
theinformationgatherer
I will miss you dearly Mr. Anfang.
Your backside has always been a delight to see.
Oh wait.
No it hasn’t.
And I won’t miss you.
I lied.
Oh well.
I will miss your Mac however.
Jessica is hott.
beefdurk
it’s too bad your leaving, you’ve been a riot around palmer, but i understand why you’d want to leave and agree with your logic. in a lot of ways i’ve thought of doing the same thing, but ultimately i’ve come to the conclussion that i’m supposed to be. may God bless you where ever you do go.
sbuchheit23
gonna miss you mike. even if kate and i do make fun of you a lot. 😉
dragonfly_ninja
Awwww….what?! Now who is going to visit me in the Hive and harass me relentlessly?!
I miss you already.
Kritik
“Nothing kind…”
Now who will I say that to?
Sure will miss ya.
theStarbuckianOne
Mike, I will be sure to cause plenty of trouble at Cedarville in memory of you. It does stink that you’re leaving right before I get there. Jerk.
By they way, I don’t think you’re really a jerk, but it seemed right to say there…. no wait, you are a jerk, but not for leaving cedarville.
TheFoo
Well, I’ll miss you, the Jew…..but I don’t blame you for leaving either. May the Lord continue the work He started in you! =)
Anonymous
Say it ain’t so…
We’ll erect a giant statue in your honor. I can see it now,
it’ll be you, standing on a five story Mac, all made out of little wooden sticks. mazel tov!
nope1590
you smell
maryjane219
we’ll miss you jew 🙁
keep xanga-ing
Anonymous
wow
i’ll miss ya!
you sound like you’ve really thought and prayed about it, so god bless!
you better keep xangaing!
leahrenee27
but NOOOO!!! i didn’t give you any potato chips yet. you can’t leave b4 trying them…or else…you’ll never have really completed a part of your life that is really important…or something.
Anonymous
Is this an April Fool’s trick?? Monica and I are skeptical…
Anonymous
Is this an April Fool’s??
Anonymous
Ya… it IS April fools day. I thought you were kidding. I think you are. Maybe you aren’t. Laura said you’d been thinking about this a while…………… so I tend to believe you, after talking to her.
SkiDog
I will now be the center of all CU diversity. Moowahahahahaha.
Anonymous
Well Michael, whether or not it was an April Fool’s joke, you should keep Xangaing…and I don’t like the way that word looks…or sounds. Keep writing, because all your nonsense makes me smile.
ViolaChic
My dear Michael,
Hard decision, my friend. But it feels like the right one – especially after hearing you describe your reasoning. I’ve been wondering for a while whether or not this would happen… and I definitely agree with your feelings. Those were the big issues I had in deciding to go to Calvin over Wheaton last year, and why I appreciated Calvin’s philosophy of “responsible freedom” so much. And, of course, now I’ve moved onto somewhere else, for different reasons… it’s a really hard choice to make, but sometimes it is really necessary.
Do you know what you’re doing next year now? Lemme know…
We really do need to talk sometime… I miss you, Mike. If there’s anything I can do, or if you just want to rant and rave
, I’m here. You have my cell #. (and, you never called me while you were home… although maybe your little bro never gave you the message… anyway, doesn’t matter now).
God’s blessings on your transition – you have my prayers. and my ear/phone number.
See you in May? and perhaps talk to you before then…
g’night.
alo777
you lie…
liers go to cedarville