Off to New York...

and I'm excited! This will be my first time back to the Big Apple since I did a college internship at a small lutheran parish in the Bronx. I'm attending the Fosdick Convocation. I find that listening to a wide variety of amazing preachers gets my own creative juices flowing in ways that don't happen on their own! I've read quite a bit of Cornel West and Barbara Brown Taylor, so I'm especially excited to hear them. Sometimes the most amazing writers aren't that great in person. And sometimes they are even better. I'm attaching the address for the convocation - it's kind of fun to check out all of the people who will be there. http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/getinvolved/?fosdick
The ordination papers are coming along, but I'm not a fan of the 14 hour work days needed to get them going. I just keep saying a little prayer to myself while I work..."Lord, have mercy."
-melanie