hi, blog. I'm Jackson Ferrell. I was a Johnnie for two years, then I transferred to Washington College for a variety of reasons that subtly change every time I tell them to people. Basically it was a practicality issue--not on the level of job utility or anything (after all, I am an English major), but at the simple level of the questioning involved. I knew things, and it wasn't useful for me to be continually encouraged to question things I already knew. St. John's is a good fit for a certain sort of person...I proved not to be that sort of person.
But enough about that. um...what else about me? I like to do creative things. I like to write stories and make up poems and draw stuff and generally just bring something into being that wasn't there before. Like God did at the creation of the universe, except that I have to work with what He's already created and I can't make anything ex nihilo. every time I think about God coming up with the universe with nothing to inspire Him except His own creative ideas, it blows my mind. I mean seriously! wow!
one of my favorite theologians is Francis Schaeffer. his ideas are very orthodox and sound, he's very sensible, but he approaches theology from a unique angle and emphasizes aspects of biblical theology that...well...don't always get all the air time they should. and yet still manages to stay grounded in the central point of the Bible: salvation in Christ. I'm also a big big fan of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, and if I had to tell you exactly how pumped I am about the recent Narnia movie and the upcoming production of "Prince Caspian" that's slated for a December 2007 release...well, I would use extremely enthusiastic words to tell you how pumped I am. words like "pumped."
well, it's getting late, so I should be going to bed. but yeah. most of you know me in some way or another already. I'm gonna be graduating this May! woohoo!