So, this Friday is kinda a big deal. I will be meeting with my candidacy committee and we’ll be talking about my approval for ordination – a conversation which should end with me receiving said approval, but still – it’s a Big Conversation.
And, right on cue, I’ve had so many things trying to distract me [...]
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The distractions abound…
Posted in learning, tagged distractions, Romans 7 on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For all the saints…
Posted in learning, tagged All Saints' Day, necrology, remembering on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was All Saints’ Day – one of my favorites. We take time in our service to remember those who have died in the past year – and in our current congregation, as the list of names is read, a bell tolls between each name. There is something beautiful about this practice to me, especially [...]
“If you had been here…”
Posted in learning, tagged family, Jesus, John 11, Lazarus, Mary and Martha on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, we buried my grandmother’s remains. She died in March, but because the family plot is so far from where we all live, we waited until a time when the most people would be available to come to the service. My aunt planned a small-ish graveside service at the church cemetery where my dad’s [...]
New, Old…
Posted in learning, tagged Library, Seminary, thankfulness on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is lots of NEW going on right now. I’m still getting to know people’s names as I have transferred to a NEW seminary. I knew these people from afar before, and so now there is the getting-acquainted period of testing boundaries with one another – what does so-and-so find funny, and what is truly, [...]
Observations about reading the Bible…
Posted in learning, tagged Bible reading on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems to me that lots of people want to know more about the Bible without actually having to read the Bible for themselves. They may read the “important parts” – maybe the sexy stories involving the cool characters like David and Bathsheba, or the parts which ring most true to them, such as the [...]
Back To School…
Posted in learning, tagged Back to school, First Call, learning, Seminary, trust on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I began seminary in 2003 with full intentions of graduating in the class of 2007. However, life intervened, so I took a few years to go to school part time and work full time. In the Fall of 2007, I returned to classes full time and with a completely different group of people, many of [...]
