Mostly what I’ve learned it this. Seminary is a bad place for a book addict. Very bad. In class our current professor will tell us about these great reference books and then in the next breath will say, “But you don’t really need to buy that one.” (not that many of them aren’t on my wishlist anyway….like I even think about listening to someone telling me that I don’t “need” a book? What does he know about my book needs anyway!?) and my husband will breathe a deep sigh of relief. A couple of weeks ago, our professor showed us this really COOL presentation of the Gospels. Basically what it does is put, in parallel columns, the content of the gospels. So the “Lord’s Prayer” from Mark is side by side with the “Lord’s Prayer” in Matthew and Luke and John. This way way you can directly compare the accounts and see how subtle additions and subtractions change the emphasis of a passage. Anyway….it’s really cool. So he’s showing us this book and I lean over to my husband and smile and say, “I can have the book by class next week.” My husband opens his mouth and I, knowing exactly what he is going to say, answer back, “He hasn’t said we don’t need it.” About 30 seconds later, our professor says “But you don’t need to buy this one.” Causing my husband to grin and me to groan audibly attracting the professor’s attention. The professor looked at me quizzically and I looked back at him and said “Will you stop saying that!? I had just told my husband that I could have that book by class next week and then YOU GO AND MESS IT UP!!” He started laughing and said, “You all really need to buy this book.”