Update

Sorry all, as I mentioned about 10 or 11 weeks ago, I'm in the midst of writing my MA (though not actually pen-to-paper yet: hopefully that'll be tomorrow). It's become quite urgent (I received an email from my director yesterday morning informing me to have a first draft turned in next Thursday - eep!) so I will not be able to do any in-depth posting until after next week. Final stats: 138 pages of direct quotes which I typed out while reading 36 books, articles, and speeches, ranging from Benedict XVI's "Address to Artists" to the 120-odd page intro to von Balthasar's massive The Glory of the Lord. All that to be boiled down into a coherent paper of some sort. Good luck to me! See y'all on the other side!

- Inkler in the Dark

P.S. Prayers are, of course, always appreciated. May the work be for the glory of God!

This is what I imagine happens during the writing of a thesis intended for God's glory.  What actually happens is probably more akin to Flannery O'Connor's statement about the experience of writing a novel: "Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay." Remember to check my teeth the next time you see me, which won't be until I emerge bleary-eyed and pale from the writing chamber. Ta!