Scenes from a D. Min Class

April 18, 2012

Scenes from a D. Min Class

I recently attended my final D. Min class at Erskine Seminary's Columbia, SC campus. I had intended on taking a few pictures, but it didn't work out. There's a certain sense of intimacy and camaraderie in these classes as we openly discuss a variety of issues. Taking pictures would have been too intrusive.

Highlights from the class (other than the obvious):

Meeting some new faces and reconnecting with familiar ones.
Learning and singing modern day renditions of a few Psalms and a couple of Odes of Solomon along with Mark Baynes and his new GS Mini
Seeing how much ancient history mirrors modern history (or is it the other way around?). I don't know how much history resonates with modernity until I read it. You don't now what you're missing until you find out you've missed it!
Sitting within 4 feet of DHL at the height of DHL fever.
Lunch with my brother in law, Buster, all around nice guy, guitar collector, and pastor.
Moo Shoo with Brad A., also a nice guy; king of chill. I used to do my laundry at his place back in those halcyon seminary days. We were fond of chicken fried rice in Belton, SC back then.
Bike ride down by the river; Hudson River school art at the museum; the smell of canvas at the Army-Navy store, Holiday Inn Express Cinnamon rolls.
After supper one night with our esteemed professor and a few other students, the woman behind us got up to leave and remarked: "Gentlemen, it was most interesting hearing your conversation." That could be taken several ways!