Hispanic Theological Initiative, Day 3
It is the end of Day three here at Princeton’s Hispanic Theological Initiative. I am in early from the social time. A group went to Triumph Bar here in Princeton. It is a micro-brewery, and if you know me well, then you know that I LOVE a great micro-brew. I had their IPA–Good, hoppy, and bitter, yet smooth. It was a great evening out, following our picnic. Our picnic, by the way, was a great outing and one which consisted of Puerto Rican food. All-in-All…good day!
Here is the breakdown:
Peter and I had to lead worship. We got up early enough, went to the office, and waited for the staff to arrive. We both were starving, and wanting a nice big breakfast. Once finished in the office, we headed over to the Mackey Hall where breakfast was being served. We had plenty of time to eat. We were relieved. We sat our bags down and headed over to where the food was. It was a continental breakfast, unfortunately. But, I was glad to get some food in me, despite the carb overload. The coffee was still hot, and I had 2 cups.
We headed over to worship earlier than others. A bit intimidated by the whole process (remember, these are all Ph.Ds in this program), we processed a bit on our walk over. We were sharing with one another our initial reaction and response to receiving the email that we were asked to lead worship. That conversation, unfortunately, won’t be blogged about in detail. Suffice it to say, we were on the same page in terms of how we were feeling about leading worship. Yet, I am so grateful that Peter was my worship leader partner. And, he and I both were selected to go to the HRC Summer Institute! I’ll see him again soon at Vanderbilt!
While here, we attend workshops. They have been helpful to my overall process. The workshop today that I enjoyed the most was the “Speaking for Listening” worship lead by Dr. Luke Powery. I found it helpful to give a lecture (in my case, read a portion of a paper I will present) and receive feedback in a supportive atmosphere. It was super good!
As part of the Summer Workshop as Doctoral Fellows, we are appointed a mentor. A mentor is a person who has either gone through the HTI program, or wants to work with Latin@ students (*I think that’s how it works*). Today I learned who my mentor is! Rubén Durpertuis will be my mentor. He is a New Testament Scholar who is from Argentina (with European roots). I am very much looking forward to learning from Rubén and being mentored by him. He cycles, too! I think its a good thing that we are paired together, and I look forward to considering how the Bible might play a role in the development of my Ethics.
It is growing late (it is 11:19 PM), and I must turn my attention to the program Evaluations. I have very much enjoyed my time here and being in a Latin@ community. These folks are good, and have welcomed me as one of their own. ¡Muchisimas!
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