Orientation at my seminary was a hell of a thing. I am still processing it. All I know is I love my cohort, and I love being around other people who, like me, are called so deeply to ministry that they couldn’t ignore it any longer and had to do this insane thing called ‘going to seminary.’

My advisor talks about “Our Blessed Lady of the Two-By-Four” which is her personification of the entity that smacks you upside the head with your calling until you realize you are being fucking called. In my case I am pretty sure Our Blessed Lady of the Two-By-Four was just the Devil in a dress.