Blessing a New Home
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Earlier this evening I attended the dedication service for Loma Linda University School of Religion’s new home. They moved across campus this past week to the newly completed Centennial Complex. It’s a state of the art facility. Check it out if you are in town.
As an adjunct professor for the School of Religion, it was an honor for me to be there among some of the brightest minds in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, especially my former seminary professor, Dean of the school, Dr. Jon Paulien.
During the service, former professors, Dr. Wil Alexander and Dr. Louis Venden led us in a responsive reading they wrote for the occasion. It can easily be adapted for blessing a house, a church, coffee shop, or another sacred space.
Out of wood and concrete,
out of dreams and sacrifice
the School of Religion is building a home
Out of the work of their hands
and hearts and minds
the School is fashioning a symbol and a reality.
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