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The Ministry of Marco Polo: How a Video Chat App Helped My Ministry (and Me)

Posted on March 18, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog

In the fall of 2018, I received a call from a former colleague, asking if I would be interested in being a part of a cohort-covenant group of other women pastors. One of her pastor friends was working on her doctor of ministry degree. This group would be a part of her study in pastoral…

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MDiv, MAPS, and MTS seminary studies

What will I study in seminary?

Posted on February 6, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog

As a former seminarian, and current seminary administrator, I am often asked what students will study in seminary. Those folks remotely connected to a church or faith community will have a number of sneaking suspicions about seminary. They assume seminary is a holy, almost monastic space, where students are immersed in study and enveloped in…

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Looking for Mister Rogers

Posted on January 15, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog

When I moved to Pittsburgh in the summer of 2017 for a new job, I made a list of places to explore to get to know my new city. Near the top of the list was a visit to the statue of Fred Rogers in a park near the confluence of the city’s three rivers….

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