<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817587460256065528</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:27:16.495-08:00</updated><category term='update'/><category term='purpose'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>Beyond the Pulpit</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ratracy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5817587460256065528/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ratracy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Alex Tracy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16435479344309915192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817587460256065528.post-5905439103331005394</id><published>2008-05-06T05:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T05:30:25.667-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purpose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='update'/><title type='text'>A Break</title><content type='html'>Well, I've found that I need a way to get away from the dissertation (or lack thereof) for a bit and think about things other than preaching and spiritual formation.  So this is hopefully going to be a good outlet for me to organize my thoughts on a number of different issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, I realize that there is an inherent danger in being a minister with a blog.  There are all sorts of things that can be said on a blog that can be taken by parishoners, a board of ordained ministry, or other group and used for some agenda or another.  It's a risk I'm willing to take, I suppose, since my conversation partners tend to be a bit spread out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, this blog will cover many things: general life happenings, theological and philosophical musings, and - yes - even preaching and spiritual formation, where appropriate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all the folks who haven't heard from me in a while, I'm sorry.  The dissertation process has been a stressful - and at far too many times a depressing - experience for me.  There have been far too many days of "cabin fever" where I have never left the apartment, but haven't gotten any real work done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a brief update:&lt;br /&gt;Moving to Savannah June 18 to be the new associate minister at Wesley Monumental&lt;br /&gt;Our son (tentatively named Christopher) is due September 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more, check out http://www.kellymac.blogspot.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Off to try my new self-care resolution and hit the path at the greenway.  Until later!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5817587460256065528-5905439103331005394?l=ratracy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ratracy.blogspot.com/feeds/5905439103331005394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5817587460256065528&amp;postID=5905439103331005394' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5817587460256065528/posts/default/5905439103331005394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5817587460256065528/posts/default/5905439103331005394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ratracy.blogspot.com/2008/05/break.html' title='A Break'/><author><name>Alex Tracy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16435479344309915192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
