Holy hell! It's been forever since I posted here. I miss you, I think, the idea of you or y'all anyway.
I would love to catch you up on everything that has changed in our lives over the last nine or ten months. But, that simply isn't possible. However, I'd love to give you a few highlights.
1-Hey, I am at Wake Forest School of Divinity and I am nearly finished with my first year. I've met some amazing people, colleagues and lifelong friends at Wake Forest. I am blessed to be research assistants to both Fred Bahnson and Dr. Neal Walls. I haven't done much work for Dr. Walls. However, I did help edit more than 5000 photographs from our Israel Pilgrimage (more about that later). Fred Bahnson is director of the Food, Faith, & Religious Leadership Initiative at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. And, I have been blessed to be a part of that program. I've been privileged to serve on SLC, sing with Lift Every Voice, dialogue with various groups, and learn from the most gifted professors and students one could imagine. Finally, I've been accepted to the Dual program of Mdiv/MA in Sustainability. I'd love to go into what that all means, but it means so much. Perhaps the next post I do could be about what my dream vocation might entail.
2-Julia is in highschool. Holy crap, how did that happen??? She is a freshman pursuing activism and dance. She is active in a ton of organizations and can be seen at many events at WFU. Pretty sure she is going to be on the dance team at school next year too. She is still enjoying ballet and just attended the Hozier concert with a friend in Charlotte. Life is pretty good for her it seems.
3-Brennan relocated to Winston-Salem in November. And, has moved back to KC already. We miss him terribly and hope that he finds the support he needs doing what he loves in KC.
4-I took Hebrew and nearly had a nervous breakdown first semester. Biblical languages are hard. But, here I am, six weeks left, and I think I am doing ok. FYI Dr. Clinton Moyer is the professor and he is brilliant...perhaps too brilliant. But, look him up.
5-Ryan is solo pastor at the wonderful First Christian Church in Winston-Salem. It has been a joy to be a part of such a welcoming congregation. We have truly learned what it means to be a neighbor from these wonderful people.
6-We've traveled a bit...since June...Ryan has been to California, Michigan, and TX. I have been to Nashville, Omaha, and Israel. Together we have been to Kansas City and DC. We are hoping that some of you might come visit us in the summer. We hear there is a really great beach within a couple of hours.
7-I fully intend on putting something together regarding the Israel Pilgrimage. I'm still processing what the trip meant for me, my call, the church, and my faith.
Thanks for visiting...sorry to leave everyone hanging for so long. With 28 reflections a semester in History of Christianity, Hebrew vocabulary, Old Testament readings, and other general papers...I've lost track of time.
Finally, please pray for two people close to me experiencing cancer in their lives. One, is my former mentor and a gift to the culinary world, who has been diagnosed with lymphoma. The second, is a dear friend of mine whose 13 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
Shalom,
M
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