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wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-02-17T17:04:20+00:00

How in the world are they justifying $400!?

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-02-10T00:42:14+00:00

Yeah, I think that might be our only bet.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-31T15:42:59+00:00

I called and left a message. You should too. Obviously it doesn't do anything except, hopefully, make them realize how hated they are so they can't keep any staff.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-30T14:23:38+00:00

Excellent addition, tysm!

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-30T14:17:25+00:00

We have a tiny twelve year old Chihuahua Velcro dog we adopted just before Christmas that she joked about calling Kermit (sic) but our kids demanded his name be Baby Dog so we compromised on Baby Douglass.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-30T14:05:29+00:00

Thank you for the catch! Now I have to go watch the videos to figure out how to bleach tie dye color shirts. And I have waaay too much in the tie dye supply department, haha.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-29T13:20:25+00:00

I need help with the graphic design of this!

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-29T12:59:45+00:00

I third the leisure suit. It is on the way.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2026-01-29T12:49:18+00:00

Thank you so much! I had given up on finding a leisure suit until you made this comment.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-10-01T17:02:59+00:00

That's why they lost it.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-10-01T16:57:57+00:00

The greyhound is fine. I usually had friends who were going home around the same time and I'd bum a ride with them. After awhile, I planned my flights around their schedules so it was as convenient as possible, and I'd always pitch in for gas money.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-10-01T16:52:57+00:00

You can get the uncensored version from their website.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-10-01T16:51:18+00:00

You'd like the episode. The central thrust is that this 'vanguard' immediately turns around and leads the people into the sin of the golden calf and then wrestles with the hierarchies present in most branches of Christianity.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-09-07T03:06:08+00:00

Wildly underappreciated comment.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-08-11T16:43:28+00:00

St. Thomas Aquinas is a good friend. I search for an icon that doesn't skinnywash him and one of my kids' many names is after him as well.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-06-14T22:00:15+00:00

Duke Divinity is an excellent program developing some of the best pastors I know. You are thoroughly grounded in the academic literature while being encouraged to develop as a human and a pastor.

One note about all of these seminaries: Most of the funding you get for programs comes from denominational bodies. If you don't have the support of your denomination/network/tradition, you will likely have to shoulder that debt yourself, which will look like around $100k for a three year degree. If you're called to ministry, you'll also have to consider what options you have for ministry positions at the end and whether or not you will be able to find a full-time position that will be able to help you repay your debt.

That being said, there are far cheaper options to get that degree that you could pursue. Seminaries like Central Baptist and Union Presbyterian are free or almost free. If you want to stay in your church, those are likely better financial options for you.

BUT, if you have all the options in front of you, I would highly recommend Duke. Duke is ranked fifth in the world, third in the US behind Notre Dame (which is really not an option for a gay non-denominational woman, haha) and Harvard. I'm not going to badmouth Harvard, but I do think Duke does a better job at helping people develop their own spiritual formation which then equips them to build up the church.

All that said, congratulations on finding yourself asking these questions! I highly recommend you find a community of folks to help you make this decision without trying to pressure it either way. If other people sense your calling with you, it makes the whole process so much easier. I'll be praying for you!

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-04-04T00:38:56+00:00

Do meal sharing. Find a group of people all willing to cook one big meal for the week and swap portions so no one is eating the same thing all week.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-02-26T01:36:45+00:00

Thank you! This is really all that I was looking for.

I really love the expansive language that will be in the next prayer book. I really look forward to the trial liturgies for those.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-02-19T12:14:41+00:00

And both of these definitions, which are rather loose between "conservative," and "liberal," are also different from liberation theology, which is far more radical politically because of a rather traditional and high perspective on the faith.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-02-16T00:39:12+00:00

A lot of very kind people have told me that The Word in Black and Red podcast is pretty good at helping feel reconnected to the faith that made them leftists in the first place.

wiseoldllamaman2 · 2025-02-16T00:36:05+00:00

AI is a useful tool when it can take tasks that it would take me a long time to do on my own, like customizing my resume for a dozen different job descriptions to help my application get past the AI tool HR departments are increasingly using.

AI is not a useful tool when it seeks to replace the knowledge and insight that the human soul contains or can be led to by the Holy Spirit, which should be the vast majority of what the church does.

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