Receiving so much generosity can be overwhelming. I feel immense pressure to make good on everyone’s investments in me. I want to prove that the scholarships, the kindness, the benefit of the doubt was all worth it. But then I remember, that’s not what true generosity is about. True generosity is a gift.
Read MoreApril was so ridiculously busy that even my re-cap got pushed back more than a week late. My last full-month of Seminary was certainly a whirlwind.
Read MoreI won an award at Columbia based on the topic “how to teach the Bible in public schools.” I might not have done what the award creator was expecting, but I ended up with a fascinating project on how to teach religious texts to teenagers in public schools.
Read MoreIn the middle of your time at Columbia, all M.Div students are required to go on an immersion learning trip, either in the city of Atlanta, within the United States, or somewhere around the world. I was chosen for the trip to India, as one of 14 students and led by 3 faculty members. Above all, I am so grateful to this incredible group of peers and professors. I was constantly encouraged and challenged by each of them.
Read MoreIt's 500 years later and I've still got 95 problems (but indulgences ain't one)
That was a terrible Seminary joke, but I'm not even sorry. It's only the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation once and I'm not throwing away my shot. October was a blur and somehow it's already over. Here's this month's Monthly Digest.
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Rev. Laura Nile Tuell is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Laura serves as a solo pastor in Lakewood, WA and lives in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma with her husband David and their three young children, Jack, Eli, & Viola, and their Carolina dog, Penny.
For further contact, Laura can be reached at lauraniletuell@gmail.com
