June 18, 2011
Learning a New Normal
What I have experienced here at the FTE Leaders in Minstry Conference in New Orleans is so powerful that I feel compelled to try to put it into words. Why? I have experienced community, and it is good.
I don’t actually remember how I came across this fellowship. It may have been suggested to me by my pastor or possibly the seminary I will be attending. What I do know is that despite my research, I had no idea what to expect when I left for my trip to New Orleans. In my wildest imaginations, I would not have pictured what this conference has become for me. One of the most wonderful aspects of this conference is the people I am meeting and the friendships I am forming both with other Lutherans and with people outside my denomination. I am surrounded by Mennonites and Baptists and UCC and Methodists and Episcopalians and Presbyterians and Jesuits and Pentecostals and Christians unaffiliated with a denomination.