Today we celebrate our newest federal holiday: Juneteenth. Of course, many populations have been celebrating Juneteenth since the news of freedom first came to the last enslaved people in Texas in 1865. This is the first year that I've been in a workplace that recognized the holiday. In 2021, I was working for a small school that was very stingy with holidays, so we didn't have that holiday or MLK day or Presidents Day.In 2022, I was no longer working for that school. I was driving back across several states, coming back to Florida from the onground intensive at Southern Seminary. I was already a certified spiritual director through their program, but I went back to take advantage of the education, to have a reunion with my small group, and to see a friend graduate from the program. Two weeks later I would turn around to drive back up to Arden to buy the house that I'm writing in this morning. So far, I have never regretted that purchase, which is not usual for me when it comes to…
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