Saturday, 30 December 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

Some very nice people at Bethel Church are working on an Advent devotional calendar for 2007 and asked me to write something for one of the days. This reflection on what was probably the saddest, and best, Christmas that I have ever had is my contribution. I’m looking forward to seeing what the others have written.

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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

There’s nothing quite like the feeling that goes with sending your last paper off in e-mail and saying, “I’m done” with another quarter at Ashland Seminary. That was early Friday morning for me. I was exhausted. I’ve finished two more courses in my seminary education, both very interesting and challenging.
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

I’m happy to be going back to seminary this Fall. The break from studying over the Summer was nice; especially since it was such a busy summer.

I’m taking two interesting classes at the Ashland Seminary campus this quarter: History of Christian Spirituality and Emergent Spirituality. If your wondering what Emergent (Christian) Spirituality is all about, you’re not alone. There are 5 other fellow students in this class wondering along with me. We have an excellent teacher, we’re reading some interesting books and having a good conversation. You might be able to catch a peek at some of it here. I have a lot of reading and writing to do, but it’s all good.

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Friday, 11 August 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

The third great event of this Summer (after Jessica and Bryan’s graduations and Jessica and Lucas’ wedding [See July 22]) was celebrating my Dad and Mom’s 50th wedding anniversary. We had a great vacation in Camillus, NY with this celebration as the high point. Thanks to the great planning and hard work of my brother and sister-in-law, everyone had a wonderful time. We had a great dinner with lots of extended family and friends at a very nice little Polish restaurant in Solvay. The next day Mom and Dad renewed their wedding vows (for another 50 years) at the Sunday morning church service.I took an extended vacation and spent about 10 days with them altogether. I even enjoyed helping them with a few things around the house; getting them off AOL and onto a real ISP and tackling a few needed plumbing projects. Now they think of me fondly whenever they flush the basement toilet. Read the rest of this entry »

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Saturday, 22 July 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

I think that July 22 was the 2nd happiest day of my life. My daughter, Jessica, married a great guy: Lucas Seitz. We all had a wonderful time at the wedding and reception. You can see a sampling of wedding pictures below. Read the rest of this entry »

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