"Yay, we're communicating!"

So, during my first several years in Japan, there were a lot of communication mess-ups. Two different languages and cultures clashing produce a hotbed of communicative struggles and hurt feelings, but thankfully they also produce a lot of strange jokes and laughter. The phrase "Yay! We're communicating!" was coined for those moments when people were completely talking past each other with hilarious results.

Anyway, I digress. :) The main point of this post is to get some feedback and let you guys (or just Justin :)) know about a new sort of "route" that I'm thinking of taking here...

I was only home a few days before I found this "Communication and Leadership" master's degree program online through Gonzaga University. It looks amazing, and I kept being drawn to it, and I wasn't really sure why--I'm not a comm major, and I don't necessarily enjoy the thought of political or organizational leadership. But, this degree and the courses really resonated with me, and the more I think about it, the more it seems to fit. Leadership...for discipleship, heck yeah you need leadership. Communication...what are theology, literature, music, and art (all things I'm excited about) besides channels of communication? What is the purpose of communication besides building of relationship and sharing truth--relationships between God and humans, humans and humans, and the truth about God's Son?

The other thing I'm super-excited about is that some of the classes involve communication through media, video-making, etc. I think that drama and DVD ministry in Japan would go really far...as well as the arts...hmmm. Food for thought.

Anyway...more later, and I'll flesh this out a bit more. These are just initial thoughts for now.