Transition
I don't normally give a play-by-play of my events in life, but this one will be quite important in my life. This week I will be travelling to Mississippi, visiting a seminary that I have applied to. I have talked with representatives from the school and I am definitely looking forward to the trip. I will be able to meet professors and sit in classes. I will get a glimpse of what it will be like to sit in the community of exceptionally educated people and learn from them. We will be like-minded, but not narrowly-minded. Feeling the camaraderie will be a joyful, challenging experience.
However, what I anticipate the most is the opportunity to start afresh. I see the many trials behind me--trials have scarred me and, in some cases, I still bear open wounds--and I see ahead of me new challenges that will wage war on my spirit, my body, and my mind. Yet I am eager for this gauntlet. I know great things await me.
However, what I anticipate the most is the opportunity to start afresh. I see the many trials behind me--trials have scarred me and, in some cases, I still bear open wounds--and I see ahead of me new challenges that will wage war on my spirit, my body, and my mind. Yet I am eager for this gauntlet. I know great things await me.
posted by A' at 9:58 AM
2 Comments:
Not sure I've ever heard anyone say they were eager to go into a gauntlet. However, I do praise your willingness to move forward after bad experiences. I am realizing more and more how difficult that is.
I would have to disagree to an extent on the narrow-minded topic, however. Of course, I am not as familiar with the institution and only going off of previous experiences and stereotypes. I would think that seminary would be more close-minded.
Seminary is, in fact, a gauntlet, but it is a necessary test that produces great fruit--this is why I look forward to the challenges.
Seminaries of the sort I am looking at are obviously close-minded to liberal theology, but are rarely close-minded to new perspectives and are typically venues for open discussion. I found this to be exactly true of RTS.
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