"How did you make that switch from nursing into being a pastor?" This is a question that I get a lot. I've answered it twice in the last four days. Once for a young man I've known for a few years and once for someone I just met yesterday at a party (yup, party talk).
The short answer is that I married a Lutheran. At the time, I had no idea what 'Lutheran' meant. Now, of course, I see it for its quiet subversion as one expression of a 2,000 year old story.
A cool part of being asked the question is that I usually get snippets of someone else's story. The young man who asked it gave me bits of his story as we talked. Things I wouldn't know otherwise across our almost 20 year age difference.
My bio is elsewhere so I'll spare you the details here (caitlintrussell.org). Suffice it to say for now that having a religious commitment that pushes in on me from the outside is a good thing. But first, before that push, there was and continues to be space. Space to acknowledge flaws and fatigue as well as gifts. Space to wonder, think, and doubt. Space to know, experience, and learn. Space to drop into the 2,000 year old story and figure out my part in it.
When I made the switch from nurse to pastor, my brother started calling me a "nurse of the soul." My own soul needed some serious healing well before that switch was flipped. Those are stories for a different day.
The National Hockey League may have suspended play last week, but the Carolina Hurricanes still laid the wood to the www.mmobc.com Ottawa Senators 9-1, this afternoon, in an NHL 20 match live-streamed by the Canes’ official YouTube account this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteIn real life, Ottawa and Carolina were due to face off today, but that was postponed (along with the rest of the NHL season) because of public health advisories against large gatherings, to contain the spread of COVID-19. Sports in particular have suffered from the mass closings, but they do have an alternative — a good, old-fashioned https://www.mmobc.com/nhl-20-coins CPU-vs-CPU sim on a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.
It’s not just in hockey. Spain’s La Liga, also suspended because of coronavirus, is playing right now In FIFA 20. We’re currently in the quarterfinals of a 16-team tournament in an event organized by streamer Ibai Llanos. The tournament is raising money for charities helping those caught up in the coronavirus pandemic.
The tournament’s field was seeded according to La Liga’s table at the time the schedule was suspended. The players’ participation is impressive, but so is the serious, match-day commentary Llanos NHL 20 Coins and friends are giving to this event.
Here are the real-life players, and their clubs, playing in the tournament (per Squawka.com)
Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)
Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
Sergio Reguilon (Sevilla)
Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad)
Jason (Getafe)
Marcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid)
Carlos Soler (Valencia)
Manu Morlanes (Villarreal)
José Antonio Martinez (Granada)
Ruben Garcia (Osasuna)
Borja Iglesias (Real Betis)
Carlos Clerc (Levante)
Lucas Perez (Alaves)
Pedro Porro (Real Valladolid)
Edu Exposito (Eibar)
Kevin Vazquez (Celta Vigo)
Aitor Ruibal (Leganés)
Adri Embarba (Espanyol)