Teaching is a Joy

Friends:

I am getting ready to teach--Spiritual Ecumenism.
The course begins next Monday in Richmond.

I have just run off the final version of the syllabus.
My handouts are ready.
I need to (re)write one more lecture this weekend--and then it is off to Richmond.

I enjoy this total immersion in the ecumenical world.
I learn a lot from the students--as they always have insights and they live in a bit of a different world than mine!

There will be a little sadness during these two weeks in Richmond.
Two of the Schools of the Richmond Consortium--Union and Baptist--will not be continuing in the WTC next year, while the 3rd, Virginia Union, intends to continue with us. Thus I will have less contact with the two in the future--I have enjoyed our relationship.

For the next few weeks I put aside my administrative duties and return, ever so briefly, to the classroom. It will be as always a learning experience.

Peace,
John