Looking Back…
Diana Haynes, First Year (Spring 2019)
Beginnings and endings; endings and beginnings... You’d think we’d all be used to them by now. Every week we had a new teacher, a new class, a new topic of study, but some classes, like our basic books on Anthroposophy, carry us like a slow river through the whole year. It felt like we were explorers on a journey of discovery traveling on the ship called Seminary. We’ve been developing capacities in ourselves, discovering the hidden treasures of Christianity, feasting on the abundant wisdom of Anthroposophy and seeking Truth everywhere. We’ve been charting new territory in our inner lives, but mostly, we’ve been building relationships, which are the very life of this seminary.
I sense that a bright star has been guiding this ship, which shines in the intelligence and moral fiber of all our teachers. I feel the greater hand of Grace that guides this ship in the Being of the Christian Communion... Sometimes the deepest teachings we receive are not given in words but through our daily participation in the Act of Consecration of Man. Every night, as I did my nightly review, I marveled at how many new ideas and understandings this old head could contain… My heart has broken through some shackles it didn’t know existed, and compassion and love flow more freely in my life. One doesn’t have to become a priest to gain immeasurable riches on the good ship Seminary.
