What do you do when you find yourself in a rural town without access to the internet and without an open library or coffee shop? You call the only person who likes small rural towns more than yourself! Adam: “Beau, I’m standing in Dixon, IL between the Disciples Church, the Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church, […]
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For those who I haven’t told: I’m taking a course at the Catholic Theological Union (www.ctu.edu NOT www.tcu.edu) called “Sacraments II: Eucharist and Sacramental Theology.” Why on earth would a Disciples seminarian be taking a Catholic Eucharist course? That’s been my challenge from the beginning. Part of the reasoning is that I need a fuller […]
ContinueThrowing out the Computer
I’m at the point I want to throw my 40-lb computer out my third-story window. Yesterday afternoon I set it to back up my terabyte of internal hard drives (1000 gigabytes) to my external terabyte drive. Sure enough, it took 20 hours … and was within 2 minutes of finishing when I went to the […]
ContinueVocational Model: Mickey Anders – Brightcove
I’ve FINALLY edited my first interview from this summer. Without overburdening this post with details, I will quit writing and let Mickey’s story show why I adore him and his ministry so much! [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.368550&w=425&h=350&fv=allowFullScreen%3Dtrue%26initVideoId%3D1176627407%26servicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.brightcove.com%26viewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.brightcove.com%26cdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26autoStart%3Dfalse] Some basic questions: What audio hardware did you use? (e-mail recommendation from Brian Storm) Digital Recorder: Marantz PMD660 Microphone: […]
ContinueIncredibly fun edit flow
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I’m butchering my interview with Mickey during this editing process. (This shouldn’t be shocking, given that it was a 35 minute interview and the podcast entry will end up around five minutes.) I originally planned to use the interview to show a newly-fashioned model of vocation. To do so, […]
ContinueA Slow Return to Blogging
It’s September 7th and I have no excuse. I’m finally returning to the blogosphere, but this time, I’m not using my own infrastructure. That’s right: the website I designed for myself two and a half years ago (and have subsequently redesigned every nine months) finally met its demise. No activity brought more comfort than disowning […]
ContinueFTE 2007 ‘Complicating Vocation’: Camp Start
Camp is about to begin. The campers will arrive in 2 hours, which is good. We have the normal camp beginning issues: campers moving around between cabins for “dynamics” purposes, counselors creating lists of ‘last-minute’ items they forgot to bring … you know … the normal stuff! We also have the abnormal beginning issues: Kentucky […]
ContinueFTE 2007 ‘Complicating Vocation’: Section Update
I wish I could count the number of times people have asked me in the last three days, “so, what’d you do today?” It feels to guilty describing it. Even though I’ve done the Vacation Bible School photos, I’ve attended a Lectionary group of pastors, and even reinvigorated and created friendships, I still feel guilty […]
ContinueFTE 2007 ‘Complicating Vocation’: Arrived in Lexington
There are SO many thoughts going through my head. I’ve done what feels like four life transitions all within a 24-hour period. Even though it’s not that dramatic, it still feels that way. This morning I packed up my room at DDH and put it in my car. Yes, those of you who know the […]
Continue1000:1 Ducks
It’s that time of year … again … and again. The beauty of the quarter system is that you only have to manage three classes instead of five at any given time; the hideousness is having three Exam weeks instead of the normal two. I’ve completed one class and have a take-home exam (21 pages) […]
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