Quotidian Grace’s recent post has me wondering whether every seminary played Buzzword Bingo, or was that unique to Crusty ol’ Theological Seminary?
A few choice selections:

over against
living in the tension
diversity
community
hegemony

I call upon my fellow alumni of CTS to offer some additional examples.
I’m not sure whether we ever officially played Buzzword Bingo, but we did play a […]

Today is the three-year anniversary of my ordination.
It was a big, emotional day, especially in retrospect. We moved much of a our stuff up here, then turned right around and flew to Houston. It was my first trip back to Houston since Dad had died. It was also one of the last times I saw […]

Our weekend
We had a wonderful weekend. Saturday we went to the National Arboretum which is amazing and huge. Sunday I actually did yardwork! And enjoyed it! That’s how nice the weather has been.
We have hit upon a very nice rhythm to the weekend:
-Friday night is family night. We will often eat something quick and easy […]

A strange confession: I love hotels. Nice, big, corporate hotels. Of course, the charm of a quirky bed and breakfast is appealing too, and you can’t beat the low-budget coziness of sleeping on a family member’s pullout couch, but there’s something about the anonymity of a large hotel that has always appealed to me. It’s […]

read parts I and II, part III, parts IV and V, and part VI of the travelogue
Part VII: Barcelona
We had a free weekend during our stint in Geneva, so a bunch of us decided to take a Friday-night train to Barcelona. Thankfully, the Barcelona train was much nicer than the jalopy we had taken to […]

read parts I and II, part III, and parts IV and V of the travelogue
Part VI: Geneva
After two days here, two days there, Geneva is where we got to unpack and live for a while.
We took a day train from Florence to Geneva, meandering around mountain after spectacular mountain. Geneva finally announced itself in quiet […]

I’m stuck inside today—more snow on the ground, but C and I are too puny to play in it—so time for more self-indulgent mental travels:
read parts I, II and III of the travelogue
Part IV: Train
The morning before our Dachau day trip we checked out of our hotel, schlepped down to the train station, bought tickets […]

Read parts I and II
Part III: Dachau
First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out,
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists,
and I did not speak out,
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out,
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they […]

For two years running while in seminary, I took a January term that involved an extended international trip. The first Jan. term was a class at the World Council of Churches in Geneva. As a part of that trip I also visited Munich, Florence, and Barcelona. The second Jan. term was a trip to Merida, […]