taking it further, God's love is like a brilliant multi-faceted diamond. there are so many facets to God's love and you can't help but feel overwhelmingly caught off guard in being able to experience it in different seasons and contexts but in the end, those different aspects of His love run deeply in His consistent character. His love never changes, and you and i are recipients of that love.
anyways, looks like i'll be TAing for Dr. Vlachos next year. He sent out an email and i ended up responding kind of on a whim. actually, i've had this desire to continue being discipled by him after the course ends and i feel like being his TA will provide that opportunity. when i met with him yesterday, he mentioned that other people responded to his offer but that he chose me instead. i plan on writing down my conversations and interactions with him next year so i hope, dear reader, that you are as blessed as i am by this unconventional follower of Christ.
Some interesting facts about Dr. Vlachos:
-He is Greek
-His father was part of the Chicago syndicate & knew Al Capone back in the day
-He was called to be a missionary to the Mormons in Utah and was a pastor at Calvary Church
-From what i can gather from his stories, he got into a lot of fist fights with kids when he was a teenager
-He was very anti-Christian & used to scribble out 'Jesus' and write-in 'Caesar' in various Bibles (whenever his friend brought him to church)
-He couldn't kick the habit of smoking an occasional joint now and again (while he was a Christian) until God did a bit of disciplining (otherwise known as 'The Titanic Story')
-While he was in Utah, he volunteered at the Utah State Penitentiary and ministered to the prisoners there. One time, he went down to the part of the penitentiary reserved for the mentally insane and asked the guard to open up one of the inmate's cell. The man in the cell was naked and human excrement was strewn along the walls of the cell and it was here that Dr. Vlachos talked to him about Jesus and was simply a friend to him. A couple of weeks later, Dr. Vlachos returned to a cell that had been cleaned up and to a man who was dressed in clothes. Later, this guy even stayed at Dr. Vlachos' house when he was released from the penitentiary.
So interesting might be an understatement haha.
Some interesting facts about Dr. Vlachos:
-He is Greek
-His father was part of the Chicago syndicate & knew Al Capone back in the day
-He was called to be a missionary to the Mormons in Utah and was a pastor at Calvary Church
-From what i can gather from his stories, he got into a lot of fist fights with kids when he was a teenager
-He was very anti-Christian & used to scribble out 'Jesus' and write-in 'Caesar' in various Bibles (whenever his friend brought him to church)
-He couldn't kick the habit of smoking an occasional joint now and again (while he was a Christian) until God did a bit of disciplining (otherwise known as 'The Titanic Story')
-While he was in Utah, he volunteered at the Utah State Penitentiary and ministered to the prisoners there. One time, he went down to the part of the penitentiary reserved for the mentally insane and asked the guard to open up one of the inmate's cell. The man in the cell was naked and human excrement was strewn along the walls of the cell and it was here that Dr. Vlachos talked to him about Jesus and was simply a friend to him. A couple of weeks later, Dr. Vlachos returned to a cell that had been cleaned up and to a man who was dressed in clothes. Later, this guy even stayed at Dr. Vlachos' house when he was released from the penitentiary.
So interesting might be an understatement haha.
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