Every Beginning Starts With an End

The last chapel service of the Spring semester is always about the graduating seniors. Maybe I have not gone  to the other services in years past or just could not remember them, but for some reason, this year's service was emotional for me. I teared up several times. I don't tear up.

It was challenging because all I could think was that I was next. I am entering into a time of my "lasts" here at Campbell Divinity school. That is a challenging thought for me because this place is my home. I have spent hours sitting in classrooms listening to professors lectures, hours sitting in offices talking with the staff about life, hours studying and spending time with fellow classmates in joy and laughter, or angst over upcoming tests and papers. There is a community of faith and strength that will not be forgotten. But, the journey continues. For new beginnings to happen, something must end. I will be sad to see my time here at Campbell as a student come to an end, but I know that wherever I go next, I can always return home to Campbell Divinity School.

"You can go other places, all right-you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home." 

-Sue Monk Kidd