Last week we made the move to the big city. Classes at Regent College started Monday, June 10th and so after a quick tour of our new digs, we joined students for lunch in Atrium then followed fellow-registrants to Room 100 where we gathered for Gordon Smith’s Spiritual Discernment course.
Let me just say a word about Regent College. The book store is out-of-this-world! Oh my!
It needs to be because it’s a graduate theological college influenced a good deal by what’s happening in Great Britain (home of world class literature and theological tradition) in the same sphere. The faculty hails from various parts of the world and across denominational lines, which has great appeal. It’s a unique feature that draws students from the international community and so the connections here are rich! I like hearing from different traditions other than my own because it reminds me that the Spirit doesn’t limit His influence to one particular denomination but is on the move across some of those doctrinal lines we seem to need to draw. What that says about them, I’m not sure, but I suspect they are fuzzier in God’s eyes than we like to think.
This is my fourth course with Regent and first one on-campus. Participating in student life will add a dimension that’s been missing up until now and I think it’s going to be strengthening and stretching in a high quality fitness sort of way. I’ll get back to you on that.
The other great joy is that Vancouver is home to our sons and their families. Our place is perfect for hosting dinners and babysitting wee grandbabies so we hope to have lots of company over the next 6 months. Yes, that’s the intended length of our stay in this vibrant, diverse and ‘happening’ city.
And we are tremendously grateful to be here!
Looking forward to hearing all about it, especially the courses themselves. Enjoy!