(Please forgive the old-school hyperlinks - having trouble posting via the iPad. I'll make this post all nice and pretty once I'm back on a computer)
Spark12 is off and running! Orientation is in less than a week at the General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C.
http://www.spark12.org/buzz
Methodist Theological School in Ohio is strengthening its partnership with Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
http://www.mtso.edu/mtso-and-garrett-evangelical-announce-collaboration/
Dear friends had happy, perfect babies (fun!)
Loved ones passed from life to death (bittersweet, but thankful for their presences over the years)
Read a lot of books - deep AND fluffy (thinking about using GoodReads to organize them...thoughts?)
Vacationed (so good. So, so good.)
Went to concerts and shows (music fills my soul)
Passed oral and written comprehensive exams and puttering along on this dissertation (repeat after me: a good dissertation is a completed dissertation...)
Ran amok with pretty much the best clergy cluster in the world and was humbled by what it means to be covenant partners in ministry who are real and legit and who laugh together until we cry
Watched two new classes of students enter (spring and fall), watched a great group graduate and started looking at lists of those who are preparing to graduate next May...and in return I feel hopeful about the current and future leadership of our churches and social justice non-profits
Talked with friends about theology, science fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter and other fun things
Prayed
Wrote
Thought
Grieved
Was thankful
And now, another year. Let's make it a good one. Friends, be safe, be filled with grace, and may the abundant , life-giving presence of The Divine be with you all.
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