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a brief update
Though I’m active on Twitter and, subsequently, Facebook, I don’t think I’ve ever wholly explained what’s happening in our lives lately (though Cherith tends to deliver on that end fairly well). So part of me thinks it’s just plain redundant to send an update, but then I realize that there are a lot of people who don’t know my wife or read her blog. So I guess this is for YOU…uh, whoever you are.
So, Kentucky’s done. I finished my MA in Biblical Studies in July (technically August), and we were attempting to figure out the next step. God made it pretty clear that Kentucky wasn’t involved in that plan, and opened the door for us to return to upstate NY. Cherith was offered a job working in financial aid here at Houghton College, our alma mater, and will begin her Master’s degree in music next year. It’s really a great opportunity for her, and I’m especially happy that she gets to continue to pursue her dreams.
This year will be a slight pause for me. Since the job market is mostly crap in this area, I’ve been lucky enough to get my name in for subbing at both the Houghton Academy and at Belfast Central School. I was also approved to teach adjunct online for Regent University in Virginia; the main factor being that they will now have to find something for me to teach. But being “in” and doing nothing is certainly better than being “out” and doing nothing.
I’m also exploring possible PhD options for next year. I’m technically still admitted to Durham, so if somehow we find a way to pay for it, I could start that next year. We also took a day to head up to Toronto to visit Wycliffe College, one of the member colleges of the Toronto School of Theology (and to visit our friends Brie and Jesse). The TST is formed of half a dozen theological colleges that offer their own degrees at the basic level, and at the advanced level tend to focus on just a couple of them (something to do with accreditation). So even if I study and am advised by and take most courses through Wycliffe, at the PhD level technically my degree will be conferred by the University of St. Michael’s College. Most of them are related in some fashion to the University of Toronto, so I can also take classes there; however, I will probably apply separately to the U of T anyway since funding is much better, though more competitive. At any rate, fantastic professors, amazing library resources, and the city of Toronto would afford a ridiculously great opportunity. I’m not sure how commuting/living arrangements would work, but we’ll cross that bridge if/when we get there.
I think that’s pretty much it for now.
