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		By: chutney		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/10/25/ministers-are-you-grateful/comment-page-1/#comment-14487</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s good to hear.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s good to hear.</p>
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		By: Obijuan		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/10/25/ministers-are-you-grateful/comment-page-1/#comment-14458</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once I remember to separate my seminary experience from the credentialing process (two totally different creatures), I can echo Ms. Kitty. The MFC (and the regional committee) affirmed me when I needed affirming, kicked my ass when I needed ass-kicking, and checked my ego when it needed checking.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once I remember to separate my seminary experience from the credentialing process (two totally different creatures), I can echo Ms. Kitty. The MFC (and the regional committee) affirmed me when I needed affirming, kicked my ass when I needed ass-kicking, and checked my ego when it needed checking.</p>
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		By: chutney		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/10/25/ministers-are-you-grateful/comment-page-1/#comment-14456</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kitty, it&#039;s good to hear you had a good experience.  I&#039;m sad, though, that this is one of the few stories of gratitude I&#039;ve heard.  I wish there were more.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kitty, it&#8217;s good to hear you had a good experience.  I&#8217;m sad, though, that this is one of the few stories of gratitude I&#8217;ve heard.  I wish there were more.</p>
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		By: mskitty		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi, Chance,
I saw the whole process as a winnowing, a cauterizing, a continual &quot;are you sure?&quot; kind of thing.  I had a lot of encouragement from laypeople and ministers alike as I began the credentialing process.  I never had any doubts about my call and so I tended to view every step as one more thing completed, sort of like crossing off items on my to-do list.  Once CPE was done, I looked back, thought, &quot;well, look how I&#039;ve changed/grown/failed/regrown because of that very tense 10 weeks&quot;.  Barged into my second year of seminary even more sure of my call.  Arranged an internship that worked well for me and gave my formation process a quantum leap.  Went back for my final year in seminary realizing that I really was going to be able to do this, it wasn&#039;t just a pipe dream. 

 By then I had gotten my ears pinned back by the MFC which told me I needed to deal with my intensity (who, me?) and required me to see a spiritual director for a year before I could qualify for preliminary fellowship.  I needed that comeuppance, because, boy, was I full of myself (and may still be, though I manage to tame it most of the time).

Yep, I&#039;m grateful for it all.  I needed to learn a lot about myself and about what it means to be a minister.  Much of it I learned because of the credentialing process.  Seminary was fun.  Qualifying for Final Fellowship was hard personal work and I&#039;m glad I did it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Chance,<br />
I saw the whole process as a winnowing, a cauterizing, a continual &#8220;are you sure?&#8221; kind of thing.  I had a lot of encouragement from laypeople and ministers alike as I began the credentialing process.  I never had any doubts about my call and so I tended to view every step as one more thing completed, sort of like crossing off items on my to-do list.  Once CPE was done, I looked back, thought, &#8220;well, look how I&#8217;ve changed/grown/failed/regrown because of that very tense 10 weeks&#8221;.  Barged into my second year of seminary even more sure of my call.  Arranged an internship that worked well for me and gave my formation process a quantum leap.  Went back for my final year in seminary realizing that I really was going to be able to do this, it wasn&#8217;t just a pipe dream. </p>
<p> By then I had gotten my ears pinned back by the MFC which told me I needed to deal with my intensity (who, me?) and required me to see a spiritual director for a year before I could qualify for preliminary fellowship.  I needed that comeuppance, because, boy, was I full of myself (and may still be, though I manage to tame it most of the time).</p>
<p>Yep, I&#8217;m grateful for it all.  I needed to learn a lot about myself and about what it means to be a minister.  Much of it I learned because of the credentialing process.  Seminary was fun.  Qualifying for Final Fellowship was hard personal work and I&#8217;m glad I did it.</p>
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