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IowaLutheran, a good friend of mine just finished at The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. And, we even have a Episcopalian ordinand there. He will have to do some training at an Anglican Seminary, but the bulk of the course work is the same for Anglicans and Lutherans.
After about a year of chatting with with my Priest and a vocational advisor, i finally have an appointment with the Diocesan director of ordinands tomorrow . No idea what'll happen in our chats- something i've picked up in the Church of England is that things seem to take a loooong time!
Hey Tom... you never told us how things went...
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The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.Psalm 34:7-8
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Is that the Seminary in SC?
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gtsecc, PM me.
I know that episcopalian ordinand!
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Since we're in full communion, I hope a Lutheran is allowed to take part in this discussion as well!
In a month, I'm going to begin my journey. I am a lawyer with a wife and three kids, but am feeling the call. I will be taking classes through Luther Seminary in St. Paul. Luther is the only ELCA seminary where a fair number of courses are offered online, which is necessary for me due to distance and schedule). I have been approved by the local synodical candidacy committee to become an Associate in Ministry, a rostered lay ministry of the ELCA. I will continue to be an attorney but will work part-time in the church as well.
I have a suspicion that someday I may go for the M.Div. and ordination but God will have to provide me with further direction. By the way, if I am ordained - I would love to serve an Episcopal parish someday through the CCM agreement.
My pastor, several people on the church council, my principal piano professor when I was in conservatory, and several of my friends have suggested that I really ought to see if I have "a call". We have a seminary where I live, and I've already taken several courses as a layperson (and just loved them!).
I can give God all sorts of reasons NOT to do this: I'm 50, I'm finally financially comfortable, I'm a liberal, I have an "interesting" sense of humor, etc. etc. -- and yet, I keep feeling this "push". Religion and theology are things in which I have a passionate interest, and on those occasions when I've gotten to preach as a layperson, I've absolutely loved it (to the point where I felt like I was in my 'element').
One of the things which has occurred over the last several years is that I've developed a real passion for studying Scripture, really digging into it to try to find out what passages are really trying to say, and encouraging others to do the same thing. (I get really irritated with those who think that listening to the Scripture lessons on Sunday is "enough".)
I've never really *thought* of myself has having a "ring around my collar" (sorry!) - and yet, at the same time, I know God has a long history of picking "unlikely people" to do His work -- and if this IS "the call", I know I will be another person in that long and proud history of God picking "unlikely people"!
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“What did Liberals do that was so offensive…I’ll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-American the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things... every one.
"So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor."
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. No idea what'll happen in our chats- something i've picked up in the Church of England is that things seem to take a loooong time!
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