Friday, March 21, 2014

Student Testimony: Forgiveness

Today's student guest post is by Elisabeth Crosby.  She is in the first  year of her MDiv PACC program. Elisabeth and her two girls live in Halifax, NS.

Once upon a time, I was married and had two little girls – Joanna was three and Rachel was a new baby.

 I was miserable.  I was suffering from depression, although I didn't know it.  I could hardly reach out to people – which is hard to believe if you know me at all!  I called this time in my life “The Dark Night of My Soul,” after St. John of the Cross' description spoke into that time. I was so dry spiritually; I

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Day I Turned off Notifications

Today's student guest post is by Erin Jackman.  She is in her third year of the MDiv program.  Erin lives in Middleton, NS and serves as Social Rep on ADCSA.

When it comes to technology/social media, I find myself in between two generations. The generation who thinks it is neat, but doesn’t depend on it and the generation who depends on it as if it’s their lifeline.  Every once in a while I will go on a social media free weekend. Last year I went for half a semester without FB & Twitter so I could focus on school without the distraction.  This year, I am

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Faith-N-Fitness

Today's student guest post is by Isaac "Tree" Russell. He is in his second year of the MDiv program. Tree is the Youth Pastor at Aylesford Baptist Church. He currently lives in Wolfville, NS. He also wrote a post on Creative Study Habits.

Hey y’all, Erin asked me to share about my faith as well as linking it with my interest in fitness. I think there are a lot of connections and commonalities between the two.

Starting with faith, it's interesting to note how having a “belief” in some sort of spiritual perspective can be positive, for a number of reasons. I would suggest Christianity is the way, truth, and the life. It’s a growing