love Minister’s Week. It’s my recharge after the hasty start of my spring semesters. Every year Brite and TCU and University Christian Church put on a four-day event for ministers to come and gather. They have lectures during the days by great ministers and scholars in addition to worship services at night. I love it because it’s such a different pace for my nights where I can reflect and reexamine moments.
Today Belva and I went to lunch at the Spiral Diner. For those who don’t know, the Spiral Diner is a completely vegan restaurant in Ft. Worth. I had a wonderful parmesan wrap that was delicious. It was fun catching up with Belva and remembering my times in Boston and the wonderful community that I miss. It was also fun for Belva to come back down to Ft. Worth since she went to school here for both her undergraduate studies and Brite for seminary. She’s showing me that she’s another example of a great person who does wonderful ministry in a non-traditional setting who went to her alma-mater for both undergraduate and graduate studies. Hmmm … who knows!
Tonight Richard came with me to the worship service. It was great since he had no idea what to expect. After the service I introduced him to Belva and we talked with Stuart for a while. (Stuart had walked in at the end of the service because his Dad was there; no, he made it clear that he didn’t and wouldn’t have wanted to sit through the whole service). What was even better is that I talked with Sharon Beacond on the way out and I introduced Richard to her and her parents. Richard and Sharon’s mom talked for quite a while about Houston (Richard’s hometown) and I talked with Sharon and then Dottie came up and another round of introductions ensued! The best was Richard’s comment as we were walking back to the apartment: “There were SO many nice people there. They are genuinely nice. I love talking to people who aren’t in college.” In that one service (and really the time afterwards more than in the service), Richard experienced why I love South Hills so much. We talked about why we love the age diversity and how it just enriches our lives. AHHHH —- I love life! Minister’s week is great because it grounds me and refreshes my perspective on humanity!
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