The Vifl

I should be typing up curriculum. Instead, I’m doing this. The difference is that when I’m typing up curriculum I actually have some rough idea of what to say. Well, you can’t them all. So, what is Jeff Miller up to these days?

–Youth Pastoring
–Perhaps teaching a few high school classes next semester.
–Finishing up Seminary.
–Chasing the girl…but you guys don’t know her.
–Writing An Introduction to the New Testament for High Schoolers
–Playing Guitar Hero II.
–Constructing a Church Internship Program.

In other words, I’m doing more than actually fits on my plate. But, then, aren’t we all. Been reading some past postings, and its nice to see everyone seems to be doing pretty well. Please keep me in your prayers, as always.

I THINK I’m going to get an interview with a school in Manhattan, Kansas…I gotta admit, I REALLY want this job. Beyond the fact that the inventor of the dental floss halloween costume (love ya, baby) lives in Kansas, I have a number of friends from Moody from Kansas, it’s just a short 8-hour drive home, and a short 8-hour drive in the opposite direction to Colorado where my old roomate and his bride now reside. Not to mention that the job itself sounds great.

Please pray along with me that God’s will be done, and thank the Lord on my behalf for preserving me and bringing me to this point.

Could everyone give my cell phone a call.

My contact list crashed so I don’t have anyone’s number anymore.

Job search does not go well.

Turned down the Rio job–variety of reasons.

Hope everyone is enjoying/enjoyed/will enjoy respective Spring Breaks.

So…uh…guess who’s about to be offered a job as teacher at Rio de Janeiro Int’l Christian School.

(Would that I had such luck with jobs that I actually APPLY for)

I appreciate the kind words, Jimmy. I know we both enjoy the confidence in each other that we’ll always be there for each other, adn we can always pick up where we’ve left off. I agree…I think that’s how true friendships that don’t have the benefit of constant contact turn out. When I think about my relationship with my older brother Jonathan, it makes me so happy that God has given me other Brothers in the very truest sense of the word that transcends blood ties.

Just to let you who do know my brother know a little bit more about what I meant in my last e-mail, here’s the story on Jonathan. As you probably knew he worked for about 2 years at an NPR station in Peoria, Illinois. During that time he decided to give up the broadcasting/journalism industry and turn to another love: theology. But much to the chagrin of many people, he chose to enroll in the Loyola University (Chicago) graduate theology program. For those of you who do not know, Loyola is a Jesuit University.

Now, believe it or not, it doesn’t bother me that Jonathan studies theology at Loyola…he’s got a good mind, and he will get a balanced (if somewhat tainted) education there. It also doesn’t bother me–much–that he has joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Of course, I take my doctrinal stand differently than they, but we confess the same Lord. What DOES bother me is his complete lack of anything that remotely resembles kindness, compassion, or patience. Whenever we are together, or whenever we go home, he is constantly and excessively demeaning in what I deem an unacceptable fashion. I am absolutely offended that he would study God’s Word on a daily basis and be so untransformed.

Well…dogs must bark, cats must meow, and I suppose Jonathan Miller must criticize. I don’t know what else to say. I do know this, though: When I have a closer gal and/or get engaged and married, I will no longer tolerate his manner, because I will not allow him to speak hurtfully to her–and, frankly, hurtfully is the way in which he speaks.

Anyway, guys, thanks for allowing me to vent. Please pray for him, me, and our relationship.

Hey…anybody else ever go out with a girl whose first name starts witha “Y”?