This
semester Derek is continuing his studies in the New Testament,
focusing on the book of Acts and the epistles of Paul. He is also
taking an evening class on the writings of Dorothy Sayers, the great
mystery writer. The first story started out promising with a
mysterious body appearing in someone's bathtub, wearing nothing but
an expensive pair of glasses! It just gets better from there!
Neither
of us had read any of Dorothy Sayers' writings before class started,
nor did we know much about her at all. One of the things that has
struck us is that we all have things in our past, but what defines
our character is how we move on in response to those events. Sayers
was raised in a Christian family, but had some events in her life
that could have ruined her and her faith had she let them. Instead
she was able to produce fantastic stories as well as plays and even
theological writings that are great to read even after all these
years because she didn't let things derail her faith. We're looking
forward to learning more as the semester continues.
