Hello St. Anthony! What a semester! I just completed my final tests and papers for the semester and am preparing to return to Scottsdale later this week. As I start packing up, I wanted to share some reflections from the past few months. First of all, seminary is hard! I was not expecting it to be easy, but the rigor of the classes exceeded what I anticipated. Granted, I probably took one class too many (an error I corrected for next semester), but I can confirm priests in the Episcopal tradition are being formed well! This past semester I took Old Testament, New Testament, Hebrew, Historical Witness of the Church (a combined theology and history course), and an introduction to liturgy class. Each class presented its own challenges, be it memorizing hundreds of identifications in New Testament or translating from Biblical Hebrew to English; every class also had its own graces. I have learned a lot, and I am ready for more! Next semester, I have more Old and New Testament; I