Spiritual Formation Journal
My brilliant and beautiful classmates! So, it would be impossible to write stuff separately from all that I’m dong at UDTS during this first August Intensive, but I thought I’d just simply share what I...
View ArticleA Few Things About Week #1 at UDTS
I wrote the title of this post (after several revisions–some of the first attempts were rather dramatic sounding) and sat for about ten minutes trying to determine how to get started. In some ways,...
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Thought I’d share another entry from my Spiritual Formation journal! I have been doing a lot of thinking about the things that I do that make me a “healthy” pastor and the things that make me an...
View ArticlePrayer Based on Psalm 121
Photo taken by Jason Durham in the Medicine Bow Mountains Today felt kind of sad. I can’t really explain why, except that I’m often affected by the sadness others carry and that seemed to be all around...
View ArticleJTerm Week 1: From the Frozen Tundra
Hi friends! Time’s flying and I’m in the middle of my second trip to Iowa for an intensive as I seek to complete my Masters of Divinity degree in the distance program at University of Dubuque...
View ArticleI’m a CRE and You Probably Don’t Know What That Is*
This has been an exciting week. I completed my first year of seminary, which I cannot believe since it seems like I just began. Someone asked me last night if it was harder than I thought it would be,...
View ArticleHow to Become a Presbyterian Teaching Elder/Pastor (a guide for friends and...
Essentially, this is an update. Yesterday, I was certified ready to seek/receive a call by my home Presbytery (Presbytery of Western Kentucky). This means I can search for a job! So exciting and...
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