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A “Hot and Cold” Call to Ministry

Posted on March 21, 2023March 13, 2023 by ptsblog
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Second year M.Div. student Stephanie Backus wants people to know that God will never leave nor forsake us, even if we leave or forsake God. She knows this from experience. Her call to ministry has sometimes felt like playing the children’s game of “hot or cold” and searching in the dark for the unknown thing…

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Wise Women: A Community of H.O.P.E.

Posted on March 13, 2023March 8, 2023 by ptsblog
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Last week, Helen Blier shared the origin story of the Seminary’s Wise Women’s Work continuing education series. This week, Jen Rooney—a participant from the very beginning—shares what Wise Women has meant to her. Hope is the word that readily comes to mind as I reflect upon being a member of the Wise Women community. For…

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Wise Women: An Origin Story

Posted on March 7, 2023March 8, 2023 by ptsblog
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Sometimes the idea comes as a sudden epiphany, whole cloth and gift-wrapped. It was mid-summer 2020. We were four months into a pandemic that had shut everything down. The quiet of city streets, empty of people and vehicles, stood in stark contrast to the mayhem of lives turned upside down. And it was evident from…

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