I spent last week at Virginia Seminary, at an annual residency as part of the First Three Years Program. This residency is a time to reflect on our ministries with our seminary classmates, hear each others’ stories and learn. Coincidentally, the theme of this year’s program was storytelling-I don’t think Chuck secretly influenced them, but [...]
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