Living in the Tension

We say it all the time at seminary...you just have to "live in the tension" between "already and not yet" or that blurry area between posing a question without an answer and truly wanting to have an answer. It is a time for living in tension at seminary. At this time last year, I remember it sitting like a fog over the student body.


Well - it's back.

There's tension for seniors who've made it through the whole candidacy process and have been assigned a region, but still don't know exactly where they'll be. A senior could be assigned to Region 2 and land in Hawaii or Wyoming, but don't know yet what synod will become their new home. MDiv Middlers have gone through internship interviews (and lots of them!) and are just waiting...waiting to hear where they are headed for 12 months of practice pastoring - it could be Bemidji or Phoenix.

I'm avoiding huge life-changing tension right now. Instead, I'm living in the tension of preparing my first sermon ever and whiplash. I can't decide which is worse.