decisions

for those of you who've been stopping by lately, sorry about the utter silence i've kept here for over a month now. Jak and i have been in the midst of trying to figure a lot of stuff out (like, our futures), and i've been a bit too overwhelmed to think much about blogging.

we've been in seattle for nearly a year now, and i still don't know what i'm doing about school. i'll probably take a couple of classes (at least one, maybe two) this term, and i should definitely start thinking about getting a job, seeing as we need more money and all.

i'm still not on any meds, and at the point of questioning one of my diagnoses - but if i haven't written about that yet, i'll save it for another post.

i guess the biggest news here is that a year after completing his mdiv, Jak decided upon seeking ordination. it took our wandering from involvement in catholic, episcopal, presbyterian (pcusa and pca), methodist, nondenominational, and baptist schools and churches to finally settle down someplace (i never thought i would). so after all that, Jak is about to embark on the process to become an episcopalian priest.

it's going to be a long, slow process including involvement in a discernment group, meeting with the bishop and commission on ministry (bacom), working at a hospital or hospice as a chaplain, ordination first as a deacon, another year of school, and a battery of exams before ordination as a priest (and i'm sure i skipped a couple of things). it looks like it will take two years at minimum.

in the meantime, he's still working on the certificate of spiritual direction he began this past year as he enters the first steps of this process.

i posted a short bit on my own reception into the episcopal church this past sunday on my other blog.

so i guess that's a relatively brief rundown of what's been going on out here for us recently. i'll try to start posting a little more frequently again after having been remiss for the past month or so.