CDSP and ECMN SfF Faculty!?!

I am pleased to announce that this fall I will join the instructors at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific's (CDSP) Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL) in conjunction with the Episcopal Church in Minnesota's (ECMN) School for Formation (SfF). That's a lot of acronyms, but I am too excited to be put off by what is normally a pet peeve of mine.

Interim Rector

Effective July 1, I have been called to be interim rector at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Colchester, Vermont. I am so excited to be working with them.

Vacation Destination 2

When it rains, it pours. We were lucky enough to win a foreclosure in downtown Stowe, Vermont. This will be our retirement home, as it may take me that long to fix it up. I guess we are staying in Vermont for a while...

Back to Minnesota

Apparently the work I did in Minnesota was valuable enough to have me return. I am beginning a second tenure in Minnesota. This time, I was even able to bring Lisa along.

UEC and ECMN

I have been hired to consult with a few ministries in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota (ECMN) including the UEC (University Episcopal Community), the Episcopal Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota. My first bit of advice for them was to get rid of the acronyms, which can be exclusive or coded-language.

Vacation Destination

We just closed on a house on the unbelievably beautiful Lake Elmore in North Central Vermont. We are close to Lisa's work and close enough to all the fun vacation things we like to do. We even have fifty feet or so of our own beach!

Vermont, Here We Come!

Part of the decision to leave Ottawa was driven by Lisa's vocational frustrations in Canada. Well, those woes are behind us as Lisa will beginning work in the great state of Vermont!