Wrestling with Shifting Faith in a Restless World
I haven’t had a break in nearly eight months. Last year I dove into full-time seminary studies as well as full-time work. The overtime I’d banked from working during the Fort McMurray fire evacuation allowed me that. It wasn’t the ideal decision, but it was the most expedient one. I made sure, however, that I…
I knew it was coming. I prepared myself for the upheaval. Then it happened. And I felt myself tumbling down the coldest kind of rabbit hole. And the tumbling has not stopped. All seminarians at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon are required to complete one basic unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at an approved hospital…
It’s been 4 months and 1 day since I had to put down Bug and Sage. That’s a quarter of a year; roughly 16 weeks; 123 days (am I counting correctly? Probably not. I suck even at basic math). Up until now, I haven’t been able to get rid of their stuff — hay, litter,…
