[…] In 1978, I was in my final year of a Masters of Divinity program at Yale. Going there was part of the plan I had formulated as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia: Get the Masters, then use that to gain entrance into a top-notch Ph.D. program. My efforts at Yale did nothing to deviate me from that career path as I had a bevy of professors ready to support my academic plans. But after getting my M.Div., I did not pursue a doctorate, and ended up far away from university life, eventually plying my trade as, of all …read more […]