Ordination

I thought I remembered talking about ordination when Carol was ordained but for the life of me I can't find the post! You'd think since Google now owns Blogger there would be some integrated search tool, but I went straight to my blog and nothing! Now that I'm talking about it, though, maybe if I re-enable the Google toolbar at the top...

Oh, well. I was just searching for the link to my post on Carol Jackson's recent ordination. I wanted to do that because I have been selected for ordination! I have been attending correspondence classes and doing a lot of studying on my own. That with the endorsement of Dean and Richard has made me eligible for ordination. Now the act of ordination does not confer anything special on to the individual being ordained. Rather, this is an acknowledgment by the ordaining body of God's call on a person's life. I will remain in my current position and continue doing the work that I do. The big difference is the state of Utah will now allow me to perform marriage ceremonies as well and burials...and now I'll be Reverend Tom Buckley rather than Nerd Tom Buckley....maybe Reverend Nerd? Reverend of the Nerds?