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When in doubt, go back to school. In January, 2018, I began the  Certificate in Online Learning and Teaching  (COLT) program at the University of Albany.  I had recently relocated to Albany, New York from Columbia, Maryland and I was struggling to find a new job.  I have been an ordained minister since 1993 and served an  amazing congregation  in Columbia for 12 years prior to moving.  It was hard to leave that congregation, and I wasn't sure I was ready to dive back into another ministry position.  So as part of my discernment about what would be next for me, I figured I would go back to school.  But what, exactly, should I study?  There was--and there continues to be--so much that I need to learn. Over 25 years ago, I spent three years studying for the professional degree that allowed me to become an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.  I earned by degree from Harvard Divinity School which is a different sort of place than a denominational seminary that may have
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