A Message from Fred Wooden — September, 2024

Colleagues,
*****Most of us are familiar with the custom of inviting comrades to share their personal ministerial journey in what has been called an Odyssey. For many of us this is the highlight of our meetings. But owing to limits of time only a very few are able to share their stories aloud.
*****All of us have a story to tell, though.
*****After inquiring of the folks at Meadville Theological School, of which I am an alum, and due to improvements in information technology, they have agreed to accept and store all our ‘odysseys’ to serve as first person histories of the work we have done.
*****Tell your story, just as you would in person, in a document. To make it easier to index and catalog, it must be sent in PDF form and ideally be no more than 5000 words. You must fill out a form permitting ML to hold and share it, linked HERE, which will serve as a record of your contribution. Needless to say, our ethical obligations apply to what we write.
*****No course or book can equal the insight and value of how we faced ethical, institutional, and spiritual challenges. We are also each a witness to history in the making. These deserve to be recorded and remembered.
*****To take part, download and fill out the form, then submit it with your PDF Odyssey to the email address on the form. Your story matters more than you know. Please take part.