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Seeing What’s There

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“Are you counting down the days?” Someone asked me this question after church on Sunday, after I told them I only had 3 weeks left. I replied that I only counted them to remind myself to make every one of them matter. This experience has been amazing. When I finished my interview with Broadway this past spring I remember thinking, “this sounds like it’s out of my comfort zone, but it can change my life if I let it.” The thing about change is that we think it will be dramatic and obvious, as if one day I would have an encounter so powerful I wouldn’t be able to see life the same way. However, that isn’t how it works. When I stopped to reflect I realized that I had grown a lot, it just didn’t feel that way because it has happened over time. I was walking around the […]

Gifts are Greater

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I didn’t know what to expect this summer.  When I read the placement descriptions there was something about Broadway United Methodist Church that caught my attention: their focus on conversation and community.  However, it was at a church and I was not a theology major or planning to go into ministry work.  When I arrived on my first day I very quickly realized that Broadway was different than any of the churches I’d been to, and that started with the building.  Valpo may be home to the largest collegiate chapel in the United States, but I was still overwhelmed by the size of Broadway, or at least the way in which the space is used.  Broadway has 9 kitchens; it is home to an architecture firm, artists’ studios, a pottery studio, a dance studio, and a boutique.  I’m still not entirely sure where to find everything.  Broadway uses its space […]