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Yesterday, I wrote 4 Details About Our Trip to New York. Earlier today, we drove to Harrisburg to meet up with the group from our conference going to the General Board of Global Ministries seminar. We arrived in New York City this evening, walked to the subway station to get passes for our time here, … Read more
Tomorrow, Joleen and I travel to New York City for a seminar at the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church that begins Monday and ends Wednesday. Here are four details about the trip … 1. This trip is required for ordination. Last year, we visited the General Board of Church and … Read more
In preparation for writing our Theology Papers (responses to the theological questions in the Book of Discipline) for ordination in the UMC, we did some reading in the area of Wesleyan theology. One of the books we read was Bishop William Willimon‘s This We Believe: The Core of Wesleyan Faith and Practice (you can read … Read more
In my recent post, 150 Days of Preparation for Ordination, I listed a few things I’d like to read/reflect on between now and ordination in June. I’m adding John Wesley’s historic questions to the list. These questions, found in The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church (2008) have been asked of those being … Read more
We’re back home from the Bishop’s Retreat. Tuesday was another great day. We had sessions in the morning and evening and had the afternoon off (the four of us took naps, then we took the kids to the children’s pool/playground area before dinner). After Wednesday morning’s final session, we returned home. Rev. Grace Imathiu, a … Read more
One thing we’re slowly learning is that it takes time to recover from major stressful legs of the journey. The most recent stressful leg of our journey was working toward the monumental milestone of last week’s deadline for our ordination work. Fortunately, the Bishop’s Retreat, which I wrote about last week, came at just the … Read more
With our major work for ordination in The United Methodist Church now behind us (except for interviews and events to attend), today begins 150 days of preparation for ordination. I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I want to make the most of this time, but I also know that my tendency is to … Read more
Last summer, we detailed the final year of our long ordination process in The United Methodist Church (for more of the story, see posts categorized by Ordination). In that post, we mentioned that January 13, 2011 was the deadline for our work in preparation for interviews with the Board of Ordained Ministry. Well, today is … Read more
As we near the end of our ordination journey (more on that in the next few days), we are in much need of a retreat. So, the Bishop’s Retreat comes at just the right time. After lunch this Sunday, we will head to Lancaster, PA for the retreat. This will be the third year in … Read more
We are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The deadline for our work for the Board of Ordained Ministry is due 3 weeks from today (January 13, 2011) and we are beginning to see light! We’ve been especially busy in recent weeks/months, which at least, partly explains the lack of … Read more