February 20, 2009

Kairos A Publication of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Community Issue #171

Paul Stewart Mustol

David and Anna Mustol are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their son, Paul Stewart
Mustol, born Tuesday, Feb. 10. He weighed 8
lbs 11 oz.

Naomi Jane Hansen

Brita and Todd Hansen are
pleased to announce the birth
Joseph James Akers of their daughter, Naomi Jane
Ingrid, Scott, Maddy, Molly Hansen, born on February 12.
and Samuel Akers are pleased Naomi weighed 7lbs 12 oz and
to announce the birth of their was 19 inches long.
new baby, Joseph James
Akers. He was born Feb. 12,
and weighed 8 lbs 14 oz and
was 20 1/2 inches long.

Stay tuned...the boom is not over...

Inside This Issue

Chapel Schedule 2 What I Learned in Seminary Today 6
Announcements and Events 3 Weekly Calendar 7
Explorations in Identity 4 Sister Dear 8
© 2009 Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary
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Chapel Schedule Austin Seminary Care Team

February 23—February 27
The Care Team serves as a consulting, advising
Monday: Morning Prayer Service and facilitating body in support of the work of the Vice
Led by Matthew Thompson President for Student Affairs and Vocation (VPSAV) and
other administrative offices and committees, concerning
Tuesday: Service of Word and the care, support and advocacy for students and their
Sacrament, Bishop James E. families in difficult situations. The Care Team is not a
Dorff of the Southwest Texas disciplinary body.
and Rio Grande Conferences The President appoints the Care Team annu-
of the United Methodist ally. Ordinarily the Care Team is made up of the Vice
Church, preacher President for Student Affairs and Vocation, the Vice Presi-
dent for Business Affairs, the Associate Dean for Student
Ash Wednesday: Academic Affairs, and two faculty members.
Service of the Word with Individuals may be referred to the Care Team by
Imposition of Ashes the student him/herself; a faculty member, administrator
Rev. David Johnson, preacher or staff member; any member of the Care Team, a
spouse or other family member; a pastor or denomina-
Thursday: Morning Prayer Service tional body; another student; or the Faculty Committee on
Led by Tracey Beadle Student Life/Student Standing. Referral to the Care
Team may be made either in person or in writing.
Friday: Morning Prayer Service The Care Team may make referrals to whatever
Led by ... type of on-campus service(s), mental health professional
(s) or community service(s) the situation may warrant.
Senior MDiv students will begin preaching in For more information, please contact Ann Fields.
chapel on March 6. The tentative senior
preaching schedule is as follows: Student Senate Minutes
Friday, March 6 Melea White
February 18, 2009
Friday, March 13 Dan Jean
Friday, March 27 Mindy Baker Present: Melissa Koerner, Sarah Hegar, Amy Wiles, Ann
Monday, March 30 Carrie Finch Fields, Matthew Thompson, Jose Lopez
Friday, April 3 Crystal McCormick Excused: Chris Kreisher, Lindsay Hatch
Monday, April 6 Isabel Rivera-Velez OLD ITEMS
Thursday, April 9 Jong Seo Kim ▪ SSV Retreat - Senate discussed funds for the Spiri-
Monday, April 13 Chris Kirwan tual Retreat with Still Small Voice. If there are more
Friday, April 17 Sherry Higdon than 20 people attending the price will increase. If
Monday, April 20 Scott Spence this happens we will discuss this at a later date.
Monday, April 27 Jamie Dunlap ▪ Spring Fling – Some kind of game with Seminary of
Friday, May 1 Matthew Pyeon the SW – sand volleyball, kickball, or wiffleball. Sen-
Monday, May 4 Megan Dosher ate will research the Austin area to find an available
Friday, May 8 Jamie Peterson field. April 4
▪ Spring Flung (that’s correct, Spring Flung) – Cinco
Good Friday & Easter Vigil Prep Meeting de Mayo party, Thursday, April 30, ¿5:30pm to¿ – slip
and slide, sombreros, tacos, and everything else fun.
Can you sing/read/play music? Interested in NEW ITEMS
helping prepare the Good Friday and Easter Vigil ser- ▪ A financial report will be submitted by Amy for next
vices at APTS this year? Come to the first prep session week.
on Tuesday 2/24 from 12-1 in Stotts — look for us at the
big lunch table in the back. Please contact Jennifer
▪ Coffeehouse – we will be having a Coffeehouse
Manna this semester on Wednesday, March 11.
Lord if you have any questions.

APTS Crop Hunger Walk Team

Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM) in partnership with Church World Services (CWS) is hosting their
30th Annual Crop Hunger Walk on March 7th and 8th. If you are not already participating with a local congregation or
another organization, please consider joining the APTS team.
If you are interested in walking, packets can be obtained from Nikki Stahl (nikstahl@gmail.com) or you can join
the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary team online (www.churchworldservice.org). Donations can also be made
at this website. Specific information about the Austin walk can be found at www.aaimaustin.org/cropwalk.html.
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Austin Seminary Welcomes

United Methodist Bishop James E. Dorff
In keeping with Austin Seminary tradition, Bishop James (Jim) E. Dorff of the
Southwest Texas and Rio Grande Conferences of the United Methodist Church, will visit
Austin Seminary on Tuesday, February 24 (Shrove Tuesday). Bishop Dorff was elected
to the episcopacy last summer, replacing Bishop Joel Martínez, who retired.
Austin Seminary is an important community for the education of pastors in the
United Methodist Church, especially in the Southwest Texas Conference. United Method-
ist students comprise nearly 20 percent of the student body, and Austin Seminary trains
more pastors for the Southwest Texas Conference than all other seminaries or schools of
theology combined. Our whole community looks to further this relationship under his
episcopacy.

Chapel: Bishop Dorff will preside in chapel on Tuesday, February 24.

Lunch: Methodist Student Luncheon following worship
Welcome Reception: Vickery Atrium, 1:00 to 1:30
Conversation: Southwest Texas Conference District Superintendents and members of the Board of Or-
dained Ministry will be available to visit with students following the luncheon.

Please RSVP for the luncheon in the white binder by the McCord Desk, and sign up for a conversation slot if desired,
no later than Friday, February 20 at 5:00pm..

Harmonium's Second Bible-Quran Study: Cultural Diversity Student Group

Who: Anyone interested in inter-religious dialogue
What: Bible-Qu'ran study
When: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary - the
Knox Dining Room
This will be an on-going activity, every other week
we will gather to study Bible and Qu'ran passages with
our friends from IID (Institute of Interfaith Dialogue) Aus-
tin. We will be alternating locations - this next event is
here on the APTS campus. Everyone is welcome. Con-
tact Mary Elizabeth Prentice or Matt Falco for more infor-
mation.
At times in the past Austin Seminary has had
various student groups which focused on racial/ethnic and
cultural diversity.
If you are interested in forming such a group,
please respond to Ann Fields
(afields@austinseminary.edu). List all days and times
which might work for you for an initial meeting. If there is
sufficient interest, an organizational meeting will be set at
a time that is convenient for most of those who respond.

GETTING IN SHAPE FISCALLY

Mark your calendars! Wednesday, March 4, 2009
McMillan #210
Baccalaureate
Commencement News

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Seminar

Sat., May 23 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. On Your Own Break
6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Supper break,
Barth & Grill
Commencement 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Seminar
Sun., May 24
Presented by:
2:00 p.m. The Board of Pensions of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Both Events Will Be Held At University
Presbyterian Church This seminar is required by
PC(USA) Presbyteries
See Alison in the dean’s office REGISTER ONLINE BY FEBRUARY 20, 2009
for more information.
Call Sharon Pawlik at 404-4832 for more information.
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A Miniseries of Reflections from Travels Abroad
By Mary Elizabeth Prentice, MDiv Middler
Part Three
In Part Two I left you all with my musings
about the different groups we saw throughout our
trip to the Holy Land—in particular, Nigerian and Or-
thodox Christian pilgrims. We were all Christian pil-
grims, yet I felt we were all hesitant to identify with
one another. This week, I begin to explore what it
means to have multiple identities
On Sunday, January 18, we went to the
Dome of the Rock and Temple Mount. To get there
we went through several Israeli security screenings.
Our guide, Peter, had told us the day before that we
were not to wear crosses or carry Bibles. By law
physical displays of religious
identity are forbidden. I did
not understand exactly why,
but I respected the request.
We still needed a Bible to
continue our daily incursions
into scripture as we visited
holy sites, so we arranged for
Clyde, one of four "guests" of
the seminary, to carry his
palm pilot with an electronic
version of the Bible. (Ahh. . .
technology) Unfortunately
not everyone heard the an-
nouncement and in the end
two bibles and a cross neck- The Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount
lace were taken away from us
the security checkpoint. It was a jolt to our group.
After a long day of walking in the Old City of
Jerusalem, Peter thankfully was able to retrieve the
two Bibles and return them to their rightful owners.
There is a sermon in all of this and I hope to hear it
when it is preached, but this is not where I want to
pause and reflect on identity.
It was here, at a checkpoint, that I was pro-
filed. I am not going to say that I am a professional
international traveler, but I do have experience of
living internationally. In these experiences I often do
not smile when I go through security. I keep a seri-
ous, if not pissed-off look on my face. I respect what
security officials have to do, but I do not enter into a
situation light-heartedly.
For Sunday's excursion we left the hotel on
foot and entered into the Old City through the Da-
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mascus Gate. We weaved in and out of the narrow
market streets to emerge suddenly in the Jewish
quarter and began the process of entering the Tem-
ple Mount. At the first checkpoint I took out my jour-
nal, placed my camera on the table and walked
through – no problem. At the second check point,
going through the metal detector I could sense the
guards talking about me and one of my classmates.
I did not know fully what they were saying because
they were speaking Hebrew, but I got a general
sense... they were 18-21 year-old “boys.” It was an
uncomfortable situation and I tried to look as asser-
tive (or pissed off) as possi-
ble, but I knew something
was going on.
I later asked Peter and he
confirmed what I had sus-
pected. The guards were
commenting on our looks and
wondered if we were single
and who was most attractive.
Peter looked at me and said,
“That is good, right?” For a
split second I thought “Good
for me, bad for them – I’m
taken, I have a boyfriend!”
and “I still have it!” But in the
end I was disgusted with my-
self and for the interaction.
It was pretty obvious that I was an
international citizen. The guards knew they could
get away with saying things in front of me and in
front of Peter, because they assumed he only spoke
Arabic. In the end I wanted to go back to the check-
point and stand up for myself. Sure – they were the
ones that had loaded AK-47s, but I felt violated, and
I wanted to assert my identity as a liberated feminist
and stand up for all the other women that experience
this and more on a daily basis. Of course I did not,
but I wanted to. My identity had not been respected
and my initial reaction was towards protecting that
identity.
But even this was not what struck me the
most. What really hit me was when we lost Peter at
a checkpoint the day before (Saturday, January 17).
We were given the rare opportunity to go to Bethle-
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hem and eat at a "cousins" restaurant. Going from
Jerusalem to Bethlehem on the bus is like turning
the corner in a busy town, the two cities have grown
so much that they lie on top of each other. BUT in-
stead of a nice transition into a new city there is a
HUGE wall dividing the two cit-
ies. From mid-December to
January 15, various Christian
traditions celebrate their own
Christmases. Since Bethlehem
is a Christian holy city, the bor-
ders are relaxed and Palestinian
tour guides are allowed into the
city, but after the last Christmas,
which is an Armenian celebra-
tion on January 15, tour guides
are no longer allowed across the
checkpoint. Peter, as a Palestin-
ian tour guide, was allowed to go
into Bethlehem with us, but after
January 15, he was no longer
allowed to cross as a Palestinian
tour guide. He had to cross on
foot as a humanitarian aide
worker. It was heart-breaking to
hear and witness.
It is not the first time I
have heard of such things.
When my friend, Matt, worked Going Through Security
as an organist at a Christian church in Bethlehem he
would often have to wait hours with his Palestinian
friends to get through security. Arbitrarily the check-
points would close to the Palestinian people. Matt's
blue-eagle US passport could fly him through secu-
rity, but his friends could not come with him, so he
would wait with them as an act of solidarity. It was
the same for us; our blue-eagle US passports sailed
us through security. When we passed back into Je-
rusalem two armed IDF soldiers boarded the bus
and slowly wandered down the aisle glancing at
passports, then exited the bus and we were allowed
to continue on. So our first trip into Bethlehem was
on January 15. Peter decided it was ok to stay with
us, but I noticed his demeanor
change when we entered Bethle-
hem. He was profiled. He con-
versed with the IDF soldiers and
they allowed him through, but
they warned him he could not
return after this day.
When we crossed the
checkpoint on January 17, Peter
was picked up and taken across
the checkpoint by a friend and
then after lunch we had to drop
him off at the pedestrian cross-
ing. He exited the bus and
dropped his head not knowing
what the security would be like
this time. He willingly walked
over so that we would not be de-
layed because by crossing on
foot, without us, he could take on
the identity of a humanitarian
worker and not the identity of a
tour guide.
Peter lives in the midst of
being identified and categorized daily. He recounted
story after story of being profiled and restricted. I
could now vaguely relate to both the Jewish arm-
bands of the 1940's and to the Palestinian crisis of
today. I had merely tasted this on our trip to the
Temple Mount, but I walked away with a little bit
more knowledge about what it felt like to be in some-
one else's shoes.

In A Predicament
I want to honor and respect our guide, but also not put him in harms
way, so I have decided to use his name. Our guide’s name was Peter. As
presented at Manna, Peter wrote an article describing his predicament as a
Palestinian. I edited his article by adding pictures that I took of him, attempting
to capture glimpses of life through his eyes. I have his permission to dissemi-
nate the article with his name and picture, so I feel it is not necessary to
change his name.

You can access the full document as a 64MB pdf at:

http://public.me.com/meprentice
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A Weekly Column Offering Musings, Insights, and Reflections on the Seminary Life
Other Sheep
By Paul Dubois, MDiv Senior
I am a male, American, child, brother, father, hus-
band, student, obese, 5'8", French Canadian and Welsh
hybrid cradle Catholic turned Methodist, geophysical engi-
neer called to ministry who is still not sure God has all her
marbles. As you can see, Mary Elizabeth Prentice has me
thinking about identity, too. At some point a few years ago
I began to think that many problems within the Church
were rooted in identity: Who are we, as Christians, as a
church, and who are the others? I have been thinking
about identity, but my thoughts are not complete. Identity
matters. My question is, should it?
I am intrigued and perplexed by the question of
identity. I want to know who I am and who you are, but I
don’t want a systematic theology about it all because sys-
tems inherently distort, control and restrict the flow of com-
munication... and, perhaps, grace. Systemization should
never be the last word. So I’m left, for now, with gathering
disparate clues about identity to see if anything shakes
out..
In Manna this past week I was confronted with
two January terms. Students who traveled to the Holy
Land spoke of the trip–the places they visited, the people
they met, and the situations they encountered. Mary
Elizabeth’s piece on identity (in this issue, pages 4-5), in
particular, explores the marginalization at best and dehu-
manization at worst, of Palestinians in the West Bank. But
in January I took the Spirituality and the Holocaust class.
The Holocaust, or Shoah (catastrophe), was a rupture of
identity. Millions of Jews and others were killed because
of their identity–often, actually, the identity of their parents
and grandparents. The Jewish people, who were legally,
systematically, and efficiently processed to the brink of
extinction, ought to have their identity protected, to have
their own state. But what about the Palestinians? Don’t
they have a compelling claim, also? The modern state of
Israel arises out of this indescribable crime of identity, as
does the present plight of the Palestinian people. How
can we see both, without prioritizing one or the other?
Somehow, our identities are inseparable.
Yet, Google “Christian identity” and let yourself be
shocked: Christian identity has been hijacked by a racial-
ized Christianity reminiscent of National Socialism and the
perverted belief that white, Western European Christianity
is the “true” Israel.
Consider identity in regards to the divisive issue
du jour, homosexuality. I wonder if this issue divides the
church not because of the orientation of the individual
whose identity is either (depending on one’s understand-
ing) created to be or chooses to be homosexual, but,
rather, because of the church’s understanding of its own
identity in relation to God and to others. I’m not sure, but I
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think there is something here that ought to be explored.
Then there is denominational identity. The identity
of the reformed tradition arises out of the 16th century ref-
ormation and the particular religious, political, and social
context of the day. My own tradition, United Methodist,
finds its roots in 18th century industrial England, again, in
response to a particular religious, political, and social con-
text. Are we still relevant? Well, I don’t know for sure. I
think so. I hope so. But is my Methodist identity still de-
termined by 18th century England? Determined, no. Influ-
enced, yes, because the role of tradition is to influence
identity. Can the gifts of the tradition translate into the
present context? Again, I hope so, but we shall see.
I think about Matthew 25:31-46, where one’s iden-
tity as a sheep is determined by one’s compassion to-
wards the hungry, the thirsty, the estranged, the naked,
the sick, and the imprisoned. That’s good; I can do that.
But then I am afraid because the identity of the King, of
God, is also fixed to these persons who are hungry,
thirsty, estranged, naked, sick, and imprisoned.
I think about the man on the cross next to Jesus in
Luke 23:40-42, who proclaimed the truth as he knew it
(which was, simply, that Jesus was innocent whereas he
himself was not), then asked Jesus to remember him.
Voilá, paradise found.
I think of John 10: 16, which says, “I have other
sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them
also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one
flock, one shepherd.” Who are these other sheep? How
will I identify them? Why am I even concerned with their
identity?
I think of Pi Patel in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Pi is
a young boy who is searching for God and finds clues in
three faith traditions. There is a scene in which Pi and his
family encounter the Catholic Priest, the Hindu Priest, and
the Muslim Imam who have been teaching Pi. Each of
these holy men declare to Pi’s parents that Pi is a follower
of their particular tradition, falling into an argument as if
competing for the boy’s salvation. Pi responds to them,
sheepishly, “I just want to love God.”
Perhaps the last clue is on the cover of this issue.
Those babies! Our babies. The children of our commu-
nity. The children whose identities are brand new to us,
yet reflect our own identity. These babies are full of hope–
the hope of God, the hope of the parents and brothers and
sisters, and the hope of our community. I remember hold-
ing my first child 16 years ago when he was perhaps a few
days old. One moment in particular I recall when I looked
into his eyes and, for the first time, I saw not a baby, but a
human person child of God in his own right. A person
who, as Kahlil Gibran says in The Prophet, came through
me but is not of me. Identity. Something is shared, yet
something held apart. Like and unlike. Identities matter.
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Monday, February 23rd

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Morning Prayer Shelton Chapel
Led by Matthew Thompson
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Acts 2:42 – Jose Lopez McCord 203
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Spiritual Direction Group – Scott Quinn McCord 202
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. College of Pastoral Leaders – Kathy Muenchow McCord 200

Tuesday, February 24th

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Service of the Word and Sacrament Shelton Chapel
Led by Bishop James E. Dorff of the
Southwest and Rio Grande United Methodist Conferences
WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Chapel Team: Paul Dubois, Stella Burkhalter, and Lisa Straus

FEBRUARY 23-MARCH 1, 2009

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Methodist Student Luncheon McCord 204

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Good Friday/Easter Vigil Prep. Meeting – Jennifer Lord Stotts Dining Hall
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Vickery Atrium
Bishop Dorff, his Cabinet, and the Board of Ordained Ministry
4:15 – 8:15 p.m. Reading, Writing, and Study Skills – Light German Knox Dining Hall

Wednesday, February 25th

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Larry Coulter Meeting – Outside Group McCord 204/Knox Dining Hall
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Spiritual Direction – Joe Berry McCord 202
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Spiritual Direction – Jean Springer McCord 202
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Chapel Service Shelton Chapel
Led by Rev. David Johnson
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Corpus Christi – Scott Spence McCord 201
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Student Senate – Melissa Koerner McMillan 206
12:45 – 2:30 p.m. Korean Bible Study – In Hye Park McMillan 204
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. APTS Choir Rehearsal – Kevin McClure Shelton Chapel
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Faculty Meeting – Nancy Reese Trull Boardroom
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Faculty in Executive Session – Nancy Reese Trull Boardroom
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Balcones Community Orchestra – Outside Group McMillan 211
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Bible Qur’an Study Group – Whit Bodman Knox Dining Room

Thursday, February 26th

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Spiritual Direction – Barbara Schutz McCord 202
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Morning Prayer Shelton Chapel
Led by Tracey Beadle
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Call 2 – Gail Dalrymple McCord 201

Friday, February 27th

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Student Led Morning Prayer Shelton Chapel
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Still Small Voice – Margaret Talbot Knox Dining Hall
12:30 – 5:00 p.m. Step by Step – College Style – Jackie Saxon Campus Wide

Saturday, February 28th

8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Step by Step – College Style – Jackie Saxon Campus Wide
2:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Growing Generation – Outside Group McCord 201

Sunday, March 1st

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Austin Girls’ Choir – Sara McClure Shelton Chapel
4:00 – 10:00 p.m. Board of Pensions – Kathy Muenchow McCord 204

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on urgency, availability of space, and editorial guidelines. Deadline is Wednesday at 5:00 P.M. Submissions made after deadline must be
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Sister Dear
Do you recall the times when we ran hands clasped, through the meadows and grass, dancing and
twirling under liquid blue skies dressed in fleeting cotton clouds?

A wonderful place where each bright day was our butterfly to chase. Followed by the crystal
clear trills of faithful songbirds letting us know, God is near.

And sister, before we even knew, the devil and his mess, we smiled and twirled, leaped and
skipped, climbed and rolled onto great puffs of air.

Then we slipped and tripped, and for the first time; silver dust became dirt, joy became hurt —
laughter lost. we never really touched in the same light and free, soft, sweet way.

And then thank you Oh God. For you Holy kiss mending the harsh diamond hole the world tried
to make in our little girl souls.

Can you hear it sister, the golden whisper of our Saviour’s spirit? My dear,Lovely, darling
sister — listen.

So once again we dance and laugh and sing and cry and smile and leap and jump and run. Father
is hear, mother is here, brother is here, sister dear, My dear, dear, sweet.
©
Malartha Bosier, September 2002

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