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A Mission Reflection: More Than a Building

Posted on March 26, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Our group of seven students and two leaders spent the better part of two weeks in Brazil.  The first week was spent in Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon.  We visited numerous churches and pastors and tried to soak up as much information as possible.  These pastors are so passionate and…

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Go. Just Go.

Posted on March 20, 2014April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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As the seminary community rounds the corner into finals, spring break, and the last term of the year, the Juniors are finally getting adjusted to this crazy life that we call seminary, the Middlers just want this year to be over so they can be Seniors, and Seniors like myself become flooded with very conflicting…

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Call to the Service

Posted on February 27, 2014March 19, 2021 by ptsblog
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  I have always been drawn to the idea of serving in the military but never knew exactly how that fit in with all of the other goals I had in my life. That all changed when a chaplain with the United State Air Force was standing in the rotunda of Long Hall. After speaking…

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