Moments ago I sent this message to the San Francisco Theological Seminary community:

Dear SFTS community.

I write to you today to let you know that I will be leaving the SFTS community. I have been a member of this community since the fall of 2001 when I came as a junior in the M. Div. degree program. I was delighted to return in January of 2007 to be a member of the staff. I have truly enjoyed my work here and have grown in my ministry and sense of call in ways I never anticipated. I feel that it is now time to seek my second call and to stretch myself in new and different ways. I look forward to participating in the Baccalaureate service and walking in the Commencement activities next week. Due to planned vacation time, my final day in the office will be Friday, 24 May 2013. I will do all I can to ensure a smooth transition for the students and the staff.

Many blessings,
Rev. Leslie Veen
Director of Field Education & Placement
San Francisco Theological Seminary

Since the fall of 2009 I have been reading and researching for and writing my dissertation project for the Doctor of Ministry program of San Francisco Theological Seminary. That work is all completed and I am set to graduate on 25 May of this year. I am happy to have done the work. And even happier that it is completed!

Having lived in the Bay Area since 1994 and having many friends who work in the online world, I am a firm believer in the maxim that information wants to be free and that sharing one's knowledge is a good thing. In that spirit I now share my work with the world. This may come back to haunt me should I ever want to use this work to publish something, but I put it out there nonetheless.