There’s a million different ways to break the news to my friend the Internet that life has taken a shift and that I’m changing directions and going to college. I’m going to give it the short treatment today but take comfort that there is a long version of this.

What: Two years of MiraCosta community college and then transferring to public university, most likely of the CSU variety. Choosing the community college route so as to save at least one arm and one leg on tuition costs. I have a direction I’m heading on a major, but not announcing it just yet in case I change my mind on this journey of growth and discovery.

When: Enrolling in January 2010 for spring semester.

With whom: Friends and comrades Chuck, Boo and Stephy Paone. I am enrolling with them. We’re enrolling in unity.

How (will it work?): Like magic Actually, more likely with huge amounts of prayer, lots of hard work, lots of coffee, and lots of lentils (they say the college student of our day lives on ramen but not me, no siree. Lentils, not ramen, will be my forever friend on this journey.)

More specifically, since we dig Activated Ministries and it digs us back, we’re going to keep working there part-time to further the cause of Christ and put lentils on the table while we studiously study. As far as lodging goes, we will lodge ourselves in an apartment, living together in harmony just like the early church.

Why college?: To gain the skills, knowledge, exposure and experience needed to help me serve God and fellow man with greater effectiveness.

That’s the very, very short version. The long version involves epiphanies, hours of dialog, soul-searching, excitement, moments of deep existential angst, fear, faith, God’s promises, waiting, writing, proposing, researching, Craigslist-prowling, calculating, re-figuring, researching, more researching, and hearty amounts of Uncle Dan’s Algebra review.

Blogging will continue - although at this point it’s more correct to say that blogging will start again. I plan to keep blogging until I find my blogging stride. I haven’t found my blogging stride yet and it may take years, but by golly I’ll keep blogging until I do.