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Wife, mom, singer, Reverend, ENFP, Enneagram 2. Views/RT are my own.

Indiana county, Pa
Joined August 2011
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ESPN Jeopardy is kind of a bad look for all these anchors/reporters getting things wrong or not knowing the answers. Should have just gotten mega sports fans from around the country.
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Hey @Digidave I have a location for the #ONA24 PJ party if you have the games!
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Fun fact, I think "nebby" is my favorite #Pittsburgh word. I use it all the time.
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I'm going to be at #ONA24! If you're here, come find me at the help desk near registration! Can't wait to see everyone.
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Chinese fortune cookies sure have changed since I was a kid.
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Officially graduated with my M.Div. So much more ahead but these three years were so incredibly formative. Happy to have received 3 awards as well - one for preaching and pastoral care, one for contributions in church music, and one for being Top 2 in Church History.
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And just like that, 3 years of seminary is complete. When I said I was going to do this in 4 years while working FT, people thought I was crazy. And when I completed it in 3, they confirmed that. Hours of sleepless nights, writing papers and studying are now done. Grad is May 31.
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I have three papers left to write in seminary. Really, two papers and an analysis, but let's call it three papers.
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That moment when you think "what was your first CD" might be good for a team icebreaker, but you are probably the only person who ever bought CDs.
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My field ed supervisor is having me re-read John Swinton's "Raging with Compassion" for one of my goals this semester. I just grabbed my copy off the book shelf and the amount of this book that is underlined is a reminder of how much I loved it the first time.
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This week at #ONA23 someone who I REALLY respect in this industry told me she’s been following my work for a long time. She will never know how much that meant. So grateful for another year and another great conference.
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Our amazing 2023 #ONA #ONA23 Student Newsroom! #OJA23 @ONAConf @ONA
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I really had the best volunteers this year!
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Picked a bbq place to eat dinner at #ona23 with my parents who are from Kansas City.
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That’s a wrap on night one of registration at #ona23. Cannot wait to see everyone and reconnect at this year’s conference!
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Sunday's sermon is written - thanks to the lectionary, I'm finally preaching on other gospels. Up to this summer, I'd preached a half dozen times - all on the book of John. Now, I'm deep in Matthew land.
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I’m doing an advanced Greek ind. study in the fall, translating John and Ephesians. Because the Johannine community was likely in Ephesus, I have a hypotheses that Paul’s letter may have influenced some of the themes in John. Starting to translate John this morning before work.
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When I started seminary, I had no idea how much I would change or what would feel like a loss in my life. But there are people who have known me for a long time who I don't think really know me anymore. That sometimes makes my heart hurt.
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Nothing. This is my dream.
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