We’ve had our share of transition challenges since moving to Slovakia but we’ve had our share of ministry opportunities as well.

The first three weeks we were in Slovakia we focused on getting the kids adjusted to school. In the process we got to know Narnia Elementary School a [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/summer-ministry-review-and-fall-prospects/feed/ 2 http://www.toddjana.com/do-i-know-you-from-somewhere/ http://www.toddjana.com/do-i-know-you-from-somewhere/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:35:17 +0000 Todd Patterson http://www.toddjana.com/?p=1866

Interesting story. Maybe even funny, but not very.

I’ve written in other posts about the power of presence and how I wish I had more contact with my students. This year I had a rare opportunity to meet one of my current students face to face. The first time I met him in person [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/do-i-know-you-from-somewhere/feed/ 0 http://www.toddjana.com/visitors-from-slovakia/ http://www.toddjana.com/visitors-from-slovakia/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:08:48 +0000 Todd Patterson http://www.toddjana.com/?p=1682

I just finished by 7th year of teaching theology at the seminary in Banská Bystrica. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long. But maybe that’s because out of those seven years I was only in Slovakia for two of them. Even when I was in Slovakia, I had to travel two hours to [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/visitors-from-slovakia/feed/ 0 http://www.toddjana.com/preaching-and-teaching/ http://www.toddjana.com/preaching-and-teaching/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:15:04 +0000 Todd Patterson http://www.toddjana.com/?p=471

It’s been a while since I’ve written a “muse” post but it’s not because I’ve given up writing them. This past week I had the opportunity to preach in our sending church in Davis, IL. I preached on Isaiah 46. It’s hard to preach from Isaiah. I’m actually preaching the same sermon on [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/preaching-and-teaching/feed/ 0 http://www.toddjana.com/turmoil-in-the-university-system/ http://www.toddjana.com/turmoil-in-the-university-system/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:19 +0000 Todd Patterson http://www.toddjana.com/?p=244 For several months now I’ve been reading about uncertainty in the University system in Slovakia.  New laws have been redefining requirements and schools have been scurrying to meet these new requirements in order to preserve their status as a “University” instead of merely an “Institution of Higher Education.”

This has had implications for the seminary [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/turmoil-in-the-university-system/feed/ 0 http://www.toddjana.com/the-power-of-presence/ http://www.toddjana.com/the-power-of-presence/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:57:34 +0000 Todd Patterson http://www.toddjana.com/?p=224 This last Saturday I was invited by a friend to attend the Cubs-Reds game.  Wow!  What seats!  I think we were just 6 or 7 rows from homeplate (the photo at right is from my cell phone).  It felt almost like being right there on the ball field.  In fact, I was amazed at how [...]]]> http://www.toddjana.com/the-power-of-presence/feed/ 1