Well, I just looked at the calendar and I am sixteen days from heading off to Summer Course of Study (SCOS) at Duke University/Divinity School. I have at least two books to read, a paper to write on a book that I actually did finish, and reread five or six books of the Bible in the RSV. I need to really get into the syllabus for each course (there are four of them).
In addition, this week I need to take my five year old to the zoo - we haven't been there very often this year -- our schedule has been crazy. On the 22nd and 23rd, I will be in Cleveland for the Women of Faith (WOF) conference and preconference with Beth Moore. The after work on the 29th, I need to take my five year old to grandma's where he will be spending the month. This is in addition to the SCOS work, my day job, preparing a sermon for each of the next three Sundays (I'm leaving for Duke from church on the 1st!), keeping the household together and keeping up with my daughter who is at her dad's (just around the block) for the summer before heading to Edinboro for her junior year.
Last year I was not assigned a roommate so I had a lot of down time to study and read and nap, etc. This year I am rooming with one of my classmates -- it's going to be interesting to see the dynamics of that along with the fact that most people agree that the 2nd year is the hardest of the five years of SCOS.
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Jackie...
Thanks for the kind words on my blog. Next year, I hope we get a chance to meet!
Know that I am with you regarding local pastors maintaining sacramental duties; we should ordain them, not strip them of this authority..."Local Elders" or some compromise or something like that. I'll pray that the General Conference will have wisdom!
Where do you serve?
State Line in North East -- I also am one of Randy's and it is so funny that when Randy and I discussed my entering the ministry and the options open to me, he told me that State Line would be my first church and two and a half years later it was!!!
i either have to start previewing these or learn how to edit -- it was actually just over 20 months from my talk with Randy/meeting with the DS until my appointment.
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