while many know already, I'm going to say it here. I'm leaving Yale at the end of June to take a tenure track faculty position at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. I'll be teaching in the area of worship, along with practical theology and ethics, contemporary culture (of course!), and pastoral leadership. I'll have a really fine colleague in the teaching of worship--Dirk Lange. Luther is an amazing school, with a large and outstanding faculty, about 1000 students, and a location in a beautiful neighborhood of St. Paul just near the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. It is a place focused on preparing leaders for the Church's ministry in and for the world. Even its so-called "academic" programs (as if ministry is not intellectually challenging!) are bent towards the life of the church rather than being captive to the whims of the academy. They participate in the life of the academy, but don't first of all set their agenda. Plus they have at least five people doing field research in the practical theology whereas at Yale I've had no colleagues in that regard. So for many, many reasons I'm looking forward to the move.
We're expecting the packers next week and we're leaving New Haven in two weeks, so we're feeling sad to leave all that is beautiful about our life here.
Like the beautiful pink dogwood that graces the edge of the back deck Sonja and I built a couple years ago.
Like our beautiful flock of chickens (this is a pic of my favorite, Herbert (aka Tina, Herbertina).
Keep us in your prayers as we savor friends and all that makes for community and home in a place, and head out in our car across the USofA.
anon, and peace,
Chris
We're expecting the packers next week and we're leaving New Haven in two weeks, so we're feeling sad to leave all that is beautiful about our life here.
Like the beautiful pink dogwood that graces the edge of the back deck Sonja and I built a couple years ago.
Like our beautiful flock of chickens (this is a pic of my favorite, Herbert (aka Tina, Herbertina).
Keep us in your prayers as we savor friends and all that makes for community and home in a place, and head out in our car across the USofA.
anon, and peace,
Chris
goodbye chickens and stolen bikes
hello -30F and nice people
Posted by: tony jones | May 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Congrats! It appears that you are looking forward to this move and I wish the best for you and family.
P.s- this is Chris, we met at Holden last year when you were teaching Psalmody. I am currently in Phoenix, though I lived in NH for a while, we discussed Toads.
Anyway- best of luck!
Posted by: chris | May 25, 2008 at 09:50 PM