Spring (almost Summer) update
These past two months have been full. Highlights include:
- Celebrating the 4th anniversary of being married to the amazing and beautiful Robin Kinney
- CPE Unit 3 of 4. For those who’ve ever done a Clinical Pastoral Education residency, you probably know how intense this unit can be. I can hardly wait until those summer interns come to help lighten the load
- Learning about the Enneagram, a facinating personality typing system that’s way better than Meyers-Briggs. I’m a 9; how about you?
- Upgrading to the Pentax K10D camera, just before the rebate ended!
- Flirting with purchasing a medium format camera system and shooting film for the first time since my childhood (looking at the Mamiya 645 system right now)
- Selecting classes for the PSR Fall semester (mostly MDiv required ones)
- Enrolling at Laney College to take some photography and art classes in the fall!
- Enduring a water leak which spread into our unit from a vacated apartment across the hall
- A wonderful First Congo Oakland spring retreat in the Marin Headlands
- Starting the Artist’s Way, gleaning a wonderful sense of creative recovery so far, and writing my morning pages (almost) every day
- Starting a LIFE (”living in faith everyday”) group at First Congo focusing on contemplative prayer and meditation
- Surprising myself by getting up into handstand for the first time in yoga class without any help
- A visit from Robin’s mom
- A cross-country skiing trip to King’s Canyon National Park, enjoying 5″ of fresh powder on the trail
I am looking forward to the continued warming of the weather, getting outside more often, the extended daylight hours, and more time with Robin once her school year is done in June. May the warmth and clarity of the California sun be with you all!
Grant :: May.04.2008 :: life update :: 5 Comments »






