I have decided to become a Jedi.
No, really. It's legit.
Today while looking for ways to make my Religion in America lecture more hip and happenin' for the youngsters, I remembered an article that Tim showed me on Consumerist. As it turns out, the founder of the UK Jedi Church (Jedi name: Morda Hehol) has recently become the center of a religious discrimination outcry. I decided to add this story to my lecture, and then fellow graduate assistant Matt and I decided to take it one step further.
Currently, we're in training to obtain the apprentice level of Jedidom (Jediship? Hrmm...). The training spans 21 days, each day there is a different goal to obtain. In order to make it work logistically, Matt and I will be doing our training on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays since that's when we're both in the office. We'll also be posting the goals and our progress, day by day up on the wall above Matt's desk. If you're in the office you should stop by and check it out.
Today's goal was to learn something new. While Matt went the route of opening the paper, I did a random search on Wikipedia and learned that Paul Pate is a former secretary of the state of Iowa. Pretty cool.
You should check out Matt's blog for his perspective on our Jedi training, and just because he's cool. You're also welcome to join us if the Force moves you to do so.
May the Force be with you. Wish us luck!
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May the force be with you.
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Beautiful blog, Congratulations!!!
l'Islam est une religion de paix, d'ailleurs lorsque nous devons saluer quelqu'un nous lui disons "salam alaykom wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh" que la paix vous imprègne ainsi que la miséricorde de Dieu (ou d'Allah) et sa bénédiction.
notre profession de foi est : Je témoigne qu'il n'y a de divinité autre qu'Allah et je témoigne que Mohammad est son prophète (saws)
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