Hello, dear readers, and welcome to Thursday! The weather in the Twin Cities has finally cooled off just in time for my fall semester to start.

I’m really excited about my classes this term – I’m taking The Art of Discernment (which is the final Spiritual Direction-related class I need to take before I can start my practicum) and Queer and Trans Theologies. Queer and Trans Theologies I’m taking asynchronously, and The Art of Discernment I’ll be doing in person starting tonight! Although I am a little bit intimidated by the amount of work that both of these classes are going to be, I’m already enjoying digging into the subject matter, and I think they’ll both be really great experiences.

We’ve been working on reorganizing the storage situation in our apartment for the past several weeks – my husband kicked off this project because they wanted to create a reading nook for me in the office, and that wasn’t possible when the office was half workspace, half storage. I love my cozy little space and am so grateful that the office is less chaotic in general, because it’s also the room where I spend my entire working day.

Today is probably going to be a pretty packed day at work, and I’ll need to leave pretty immediately when I wrap up to make it to class on time. But after a few semesters of almost entirely remote school, I’m looking forward to being back in the classroom tonight!

I think I’ll leave it there for this week. Please enjoy this week’s Nova content: