Friends:

I finished my fall round of talks to new [and sometimes old] students at the member schools this past Saturday at Virginia Union University's Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology in Richmond.

I always try to come early and stay late at these events if I can.
For me the most exciting part of this Retreat Morning for Faculty and Students was the hour of prayer and praise--and an excellent sermon by Dr. Adam Bond, who is a new faculty member. A key element of his message [I could not summarize the many points] was that God is not finished with us yet.

Readers of this blog know that I consider prayer together as the most important aspect of Ecumenism--and I have enjoyed praying with many of you during this fall season of orientations.

Peace,
John

I gave 12 orientation talks in all--the basic ten points can be found on the Consortium website under my picture.