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A Personal Update

I don't write many posts of a personal nature, but I think that it might be of interest to some of you, and I would also appreciate any advice and prayers that you may have. For the past three semesters I've been taking classes part time at TEDS while working full time at a marketing research firm. The first year this went splendidly. Life was busy, but I was able to juggle everything. It's been tougher this semester. Having a baby is life altering in many ways. My free time for studying has greatly decreased and it's increasingly difficult to find a way to put in all of the time that I need to for my studies without abdicating my role in the family. When this was compounded with teaching a class at church in September and early October, I was doing too much. To be clear, none of this is a complaint. I am so happy to have my daughter and I loved teaching on Daniel. I love school and at least for now my job is a necessity (and is pretty good as far as jobs go).

Something has to give for me, and it isn't going to be work or family, and my involvement at church will only increase. Thus I've decided to take a leave of absence from TEDS for a year, after which we will reevaluate our path and plan and whether it involves returning part time at that point or, as is more likely, resuming my education when we are in a financial position where I can attend seminary full-time (hopefully in the fall of 2013). This isn't an easy decision to make. I've learned a lot the past three semesters for which I am grateful, but we feel that taking a break is the best thing to do. Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we seek to follow God however he may lead us.

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  1. dannyNovember 17, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Bro, it sounds to me like you're making a wise choice. Family comes way ahead of school, and working is part of taking care of your family. My personal feeling is that you'll be better off on pretty much every level by focusing on your family and spending more time working in your church. As you may know, my stance is that a seminary education needs to be under the category of "serving the church" anyway, so good for you.

    I do hope this means you'll continue blogging, however. This reminds me that you might be interested in a fairly big change for me and my family coming up, but I may e-mail you about that, if that's cool.

    Praying for you and your family during this time.

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