FBCR - Weekend at the Castle
Last weekend was fantastic.
Friday afternoon I went with the previously mentioned girls to the Faith Builders College Student Retreat. Our route was amusingly undirect - we could have gone almost directly south from Guys Mills to Franklin, but ended up heading west to Meadville and then curving back east. We got to know Franklin better than we would have otherwise, as we got discombobulated about which bridge we had gone over, etc.
The retreat was held in the Sibley Mansion, a.k.a. "the Castle," which is within a deciduous forest east of town. This house was built by the oil magnate Joseph Sibley, whom it seems may have drilled for oil in the surrounding area (there were pipes running through the forest along the nearby road).
That evening we were encouraged to know who we are and where we are going before entering college. That's good advice, as long as it is not taken to an improper extreme. A person should never be entirely closed to incoming ideas - at the same time they should be willing to analyze and capable of analyzing those ideas from different angles before attending college. Furthermore, as one man said, college may awaken in us things we never knew existed. There is no way to perfectly prepare for such things apart from college, but we can develop a heart after God and a steady, mature mind that is willing to think.
Knowing (to a reasonable degree) who one is and where they are going is certainly an important condition before deciding on something that may permanently lock them into a situation for many years. It's more important for marriage than for going to college.
Friday afternoon I went with the previously mentioned girls to the Faith Builders College Student Retreat. Our route was amusingly undirect - we could have gone almost directly south from Guys Mills to Franklin, but ended up heading west to Meadville and then curving back east. We got to know Franklin better than we would have otherwise, as we got discombobulated about which bridge we had gone over, etc.
The retreat was held in the Sibley Mansion, a.k.a. "the Castle," which is within a deciduous forest east of town. This house was built by the oil magnate Joseph Sibley, whom it seems may have drilled for oil in the surrounding area (there were pipes running through the forest along the nearby road).
That evening we were encouraged to know who we are and where we are going before entering college. That's good advice, as long as it is not taken to an improper extreme. A person should never be entirely closed to incoming ideas - at the same time they should be willing to analyze and capable of analyzing those ideas from different angles before attending college. Furthermore, as one man said, college may awaken in us things we never knew existed. There is no way to perfectly prepare for such things apart from college, but we can develop a heart after God and a steady, mature mind that is willing to think.
Knowing (to a reasonable degree) who one is and where they are going is certainly an important condition before deciding on something that may permanently lock them into a situation for many years. It's more important for marriage than for going to college.
posted by Claire at 18:05
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