More Questions and Answers

Sandy Says: I hope I’m not too late, but… Who has been the most influential teacher in your life and why? What did they do that helped you the most…?

Miss Brittingham, my third grade teacher, loved me.  At least I felt like she did.  I felt safe in her classroom and smart.  Mr. Ainsworth, my physical science teacher in junior high, taught me enough to pass a college physical science test that I failed to study for.  Ms. Westering, in high school, taught aerobics and made it seem fun.  All these teachers had such a passion for their topics and for teaching that I remember them even now.

The most influential teacher in my life, though, was a college English professor who not only told me I was a writer, but also became a close friend.  She recognized abilities in me that I didn’t believe I had and for that, I am indebted.  

carrien Says: Do you lean more toward openness theology or Calvinism.

Calvinism (aka Reformed theology).  There’s a really interesting article about Reformed young Christians in Christianity Today:  “Young, Restless, and Reformed.” 

chewymom Says: In what denomination is your husband a pastor? And is this the same or different denomination in which you and/or he grew up?

He grew up in the Pentecostal Church of God in Texas.  (I grew up in the Assemblies of God.)  The church we’re with now is an independent, congregational church that broke away from the United Church of Christ some years back.  My husband is a affiliated with a smaller denomination that is conservative and congregational.  (We kind of morphed from Pentecostal Arminians to Calvinists over the years.)