Thanksgiving

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We just got home from dinner. A family in the church adopted us and we had a great time with their daughters, their husbands, and the extended family that showed up. I made my family’s orzo recipe and got rave reviews and requests for it. After dinner, we took a walk through the snowy woods and played pool and talked. It was great and I came home to two lovey, sleepy kitties.

To all y’all in the U.S. and abroad: Happy Thanksgiving!

My Day

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My gingerbread cat is a bit angry with me. First, I chopped 8 inches off of my hair this morning (and I will post pics when I get them back on Sunday — I promise) and then I had Jon take a picture of both of us… WITH THE FLASH!!!!!! He sulked under the bed for the rest of the day.

After Jon left this morning, I went for a walk around the neighborhood and took pictures of the snow before it melted. We went from a marshmellow world this morning to a melted world this afternoon and was perched on the chair waiting for me, so I got some very nice pictures of him — he is such a photogenic beast.

This evening was the community Thanksgiving service. I was standing around before the service and got impressed into carrying the banner for St. Paul’s. This banner itself is about 6 feet long (vertically) and the pole adds another 3-4 feet. I’m all of… 5’1″ on a good day. I did manage to maneuver OK and though I think I almost gave Bill a heart attack, I did pretty well. It was a nice service and the music was all stuff I knew.

Tomorrow
Tomorrow I have to assemble the pasta salad that we’re bringing to dinner. And…. I GET TO SLEEP IN!!!!!!!

Meanwhile… Robin Williams is on Whose Line!

OK… Open for business a few days early…

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I was getting a little too impatient about waiting until Advent actually starts to open up my blog so… I announce the grand opening of Magnificat, a weblog which will now house my thoughts and such. It will be done in Greymatter until I learn how to manipulate MT a bit better.

The color scheme is blues and purples and candles because this is an Advent layout. Advent is the liturgical season that happens during the 4 weeks preceding Christmas. It is a time of preparation for the birth of Christ and is probably my favorite liturgical season. So… enjoy the layout and I’ll start posting some more here later!

Oh yes… I have a re-direct script (muchos gracias Krissy) at /blog, so if you are coming there off of that link, please update your links. Thanks!

Interview Results

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OK… I got the results of the interview today and I’ve been recommended for entrance into candidacy in the ELCA. My only weaknesses listed were the sexual harassment thing (which is pissing me off) and that I haven’t been Lutheran for long enough. Still… those things only dropped me to 4’s or 5’s (out of 6’s) in those categories so I really shouldn’t be obsessing too much.

Interview

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Today was my first interview in the candidacy process. I was interviewed by a local pastor and I thought it went well… though I still need to see the paperwork he filled out on me. We talked about:
=my family: He was intrigued that my family isn’t Christian though he said that my parents weren’t that different from people in the pews.
=my sexual harassment experience in high school: He asked a lot about it, probably to see how utterly bitter I am (which I’m not). I was amazed that I could talk about it and not get utterly upset. I’m healing… slowly but surely.
=the politics in the ELCA: I think was to see how politically astute I am. I made the mistake of mentioning the Word Alone stuff and the Sexuality Study stuff. He then told me I was being too specific and asked if I was ok with the fact that the ELCA might not be around in 5 years. My response: I’ll worry about it then because it’s God’s church.
=my call to ministry: Gee… I can’t figure out why he asked me that. 🙂 This question actually caught me off guard as did the question on where I see myself in ministry. I was honest and I talked about preaching, about reading Luther’s teachings, about doing mission schtuff with IV, and I assured him that I knew what I was getting into with the whole ordained ministry thing. He liked my insight on the fact that I don’t know the type of ministries I’d have in my ideal church because every church is different.

I feel OK about it though I’m amazed that my devotional life didn’t come up and that they didn’t ask about my theology.