Sounds like bliss!

So - one person has asked about how things work at Sancta Sophia, while another coupla people think I'm crazy:)  Remember, I am an INFJ...only 2% of society:)  Gives me an excuse to be wierd...I'm gonna be anyway, I just feel better about it now. 

Sancta Sophia.  The way I understand it is every program, from Master's to Doctrite, has to take FOS (foundations of spirituality).  (FOS makes me laugh, as that is also a medical abbreviation for "full of s***".  Many of you may find this ironic!)  FOS is 18 months long, and includes a monthly meditation/contemplation of  a spiritual sort of question.  Then you write a paper, hand it in and get feedback on it.  To me this sounds like heaven.  Think about, discuss, and get feedback on spiritual questions!  I bet the people who are enrolled in this school, don't even roll their eyes when presented with this sort of fun time!

There are 5 weeks of required coursework that is on-campus...1 week per quarter, with 2 weeks in April, optional week long courses of all sorts of subjects...Kabbalah, Death and Dying, Comparative World Scriptures, Triage for Spiritual Emergencies...on and on:)  I am so excited!

It is also wonderful, b/c I can drive to Sancta Sophia, as it's in Tahlequah, OK - about 7 hours from St. Louis and 45 minutes from Tulsa.  I don't have to sell my house, can keep my dog and still get to Boston in a reasonable time, in order to see my Mom.  Oklahoma is also sparsely populated, in comparison to anywhere but the panhandle of Texas, and that also makes me happy.  The icing on the cake, is that my friend Ola lives about 40 minutes from Tahlequah!  She and I will be able to re-visit our hours of discussion around my kitchen table.

All of this means I should come out of the first 18 months with a certificate to teach esoteric spirituality and hopefully, be ordained.  Who woulda thought??  Then in a little less than 4 years, I should have a master's in divinity or MDiv.  At that point, I can teach, have my own church, do weddings, or sit on a mountaintop and have people climb to me for wisdom! LOL  Maybe, by then, I will be able to figure out what I want to do and make a living at it.  What a concept.  I will certainly have options.

It just feels fantastic to have found a school that gives me credit for studying my bliss.  Woohoo!