Summer Reading...Had Me a Blast

Okay, so I obviously am a nerd for the movie Grease judging from my title. Anywho, let's talk summer reading. So, here's me, no longer a student, but who hadn't had summer reading since freshman year of high school, who had a packet of summer reading this summer for the LVC. It's almost done. So far, I have completed the articles on Community and Social Justice, as well as the main focus article in Simplicity. Everything I've read has given me a lot of food for thought. Some topics I'm thinking on and re-examining are white privilege, segregation, what simplicity really and ideally means to me in living my life, the difference between charity and justice (and how I can work for both in my life) and how I can begin to be actively resistant instead of passively resistant. I've also learned some more interesting interpretations of the Bible...and I like them. I already knew that Jesus was one of the greatest liberal social activists of all time...but it's nice to know that there are scholars out there to back me up on that. So yeah...lots of thought and reflection before I head out (in less than 48 hours). I know that these thoughts will also be able to be discussed and reflected on further throughout Orientation and throughout my year in LVC. Color me excited!