There are twenty pastors in this doctoral class of all sorts of persuasions and tribes. In fact there are representatives from denominations I've never heard of. A priest in a long black robe sits at the back of class and attests to serve some Greek Church of Antioch in California. There is a missionary from Japan and several Presbyterians from the northeast. Interestingly, the preponderance of students are Midwesterners...even an independent church planter from Lees Summit and three pastors from Nebraska. There are four of us here representing the ELCA.
Fuller Seminary takes up several blocks in downtown Pasadena and we sit in an small auditorium type room in the basement of the main classroom building. There are outlets and ethernet connections for all students and the majority of us and pecking away on laptops throughout class taking notes (and checking e-mails and researching to see if the Dodgers or Angels are in town and...). Content has been stimulating, though not much new material today. This will become more challenging as the week progresses.
Relatives of all sorts are contacting me for meals and get-togethers so the out-of-class schedule is filling. I am looking forward to another visit and stay over with Pastor Stephen on Friday as Joann will be in the Midwest for a wedding. We boys will see what sort of trouble we can find.
Now I'm off to complete the bulletin to send back to the office. Rick is on vacation this week. Then I am to connect for supper with a Lutheran pastor from west Omaha. Abundant blessings to all!
Fuller Seminary takes up several blocks in downtown Pasadena and we sit in an small auditorium type room in the basement of the main classroom building. There are outlets and ethernet connections for all students and the majority of us and pecking away on laptops throughout class taking notes (and checking e-mails and researching to see if the Dodgers or Angels are in town and...). Content has been stimulating, though not much new material today. This will become more challenging as the week progresses.
Relatives of all sorts are contacting me for meals and get-togethers so the out-of-class schedule is filling. I am looking forward to another visit and stay over with Pastor Stephen on Friday as Joann will be in the Midwest for a wedding. We boys will see what sort of trouble we can find.
Now I'm off to complete the bulletin to send back to the office. Rick is on vacation this week. Then I am to connect for supper with a Lutheran pastor from west Omaha. Abundant blessings to all!
(The attached picture of our professor, Reggie McNeal. I am sure that you can investigate him readily with a quick browser search. He is well published.)
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