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Year Two

Posted on September 19, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

Here it is. Second year. It’s interesting reflecting on this now when this time last year I wasn’t even certain about the first year. In my mind I tried to romanticize it, a reckless nomad at heart daring to seek her path regardless of the obstacles that lay before her. In truth, I was nervous,…

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Remembering – The Core of our Lives and Ministries

Posted on June 7, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

This past week, I attended the 217th Commencement of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, along with many of my friends and colleagues. But I was not graduating. It was a strange feeling since those graduating were the very ones I entered Seminary with in 2010. Due to my middling academic abilities and the presence of young children in my…

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A Senior’s Reflection: Amanda Maguire

Posted on May 15, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

  “It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31: 8 If life had a rewind button, I would rewind back to my first year of seminary and assure myself that everything will be okay. I…

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