Fr_Tom
Chaplain
It has been a great couple of weeks for me. I have been called as Rector at the church where I have been serving with a two-year letter of agreement. The vestry approved it last night. This is all very exciting.
I am in a DMin program at Virginia Theological Seminary and FINALLY have a project thesis approved. The work here takes on a new nature, but I am thinking about a retreat at The Seminary this summer to jump start the writing and coordinate with my advisor.
In some pipe-related news, a retired priest contacted me and told me he had something for me. He had been given a collection of pipes by a widow in the 70's. He smoked a pipe briefly, but the pipes sat, and he gave them to me so they would be used. There were seven Dunhills - one of them a birthyear. There are Charatans and Astley's. I have a pre-transition Barling's EXEL pot now. There were about 30 pipes in all. The guy had nice taste in pipes.
Just some great news here on a few fronts....
I am in a DMin program at Virginia Theological Seminary and FINALLY have a project thesis approved. The work here takes on a new nature, but I am thinking about a retreat at The Seminary this summer to jump start the writing and coordinate with my advisor.
In some pipe-related news, a retired priest contacted me and told me he had something for me. He had been given a collection of pipes by a widow in the 70's. He smoked a pipe briefly, but the pipes sat, and he gave them to me so they would be used. There were seven Dunhills - one of them a birthyear. There are Charatans and Astley's. I have a pre-transition Barling's EXEL pot now. There were about 30 pipes in all. The guy had nice taste in pipes.
Just some great news here on a few fronts....