New Covenant, the church that I am attending now, has this wonderful baby dedication song that the pastor and music director co-wrote. I thought I would share that with you.

This Child

(Men)
This child is a gift

(Women)
This child has been set among us
This child is a work of His hand
This child will name the name of Jesus
This child will be born again

(Men) Bring him/her joy
(Women) Bring him/her peacefulness
(Men) Bring him/her love
(Women) Bring him/her forgiveness
(All)
We thank You Lord
We bring the life of this child to You
You come among us
Teaching us as a child would do

Make us children too
Make us children too
Make us children too
Make us more like You

Friday, December 8, was supposed to be THE day that I present my qualifier to the faculty. Unfortunately, there were too many major changes to my introduction section that I had to put aside data analysis and take the whole Thanksgiving break just to revise that. So, I ended up not making the deadline. I am uncertain if I should feel relieved or saddened by the fact that things are now pushed to another semester. Yesterday, I spent two hours discussing my data analysis and research questions with my advisor. Towards the end of the meeting, she asked me if I wanted to articulate my research questions to her then or spent some time mulling over it and then meet with her another day. By then, I was so drained, and all I could think of is that I have a concert to go to in Philadelphia. So I am meeting with her again on Tuesday.

As for the concert, I got a last minute invitation to join Becky and her friends to a concert in Philadelphia. Over the Rhine was playing, and they are Becky’s absolute favorite band. How can I resist a free trip to Philly to watch a concert that I do not have to pay for? The husband-and-wife team was really good, not really mainstream music, but they definitely have a strong following. If you are visiting their site, I recommend listening to some of their songs on the “radio player”.