On the night before our graduation, I was invited to give a reflection on my seminary experience. Here is what I said. I still can’t believe graduation is over!
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To the graduating class of 2012, along with the faculty and staff of Fresno Pacific Biblical seminary:
Thank you all for the humble opportunity to share with you today. This moment has been an “eventually” for so long, it’s hard to believe that graduation is now an “event.”
I would like to start by reflecting on both a low moment and a high moment in my seminary experience. 1st, the low moment.
On Tuesday afternoons, instead of commuting to Fresno from Visalia for a shortened class called “supervised ministry experience” (internship course), I was given permission to call in on my cell phone to participate in the discussions. This method works very well except when things at home go completely wrong.
Short version: her name is Mylee. Her weight: approximately 12 pounds. Her most rebellious tendency: digging out of our backyard into the neighbor’s yard. This exact thing happened during a phone session for class!
As you can imagine, I was a bit perplexed by the situation. Panicking and not sure what to do, I simply pressed the mute on my cell phone and put in my pocket. With my earpiece in place, I jumped on my skateboard (that I had not ridden in over 6 months) and sped around the block until I arrived at the house directly behind ours. [Read more...]
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