Dianne Otwell on David P. Gushee

I trust you remember me as an "older" student at McAfee. I graduated in 2010. Since 2012, I have been a member of the Episcopal Church, and the Cathedral of St. Philip. You may remember that I was a Baptist all of my life until 2012--first a member of the SBC, then CBF. When I joined the Episcopal Church, it felt like coming home, even though I have the utmost gratitude for ALL the Baptists gave me. I met my husband, got married, and raised two sons at the same large Baptist church in Atlanta. My ancestors came from the British Isles. It feels like the Anglican Church is "in my genes." I am thrilled to see you in Anglican vestments. I was ordained in that same CBF church, but now I serve the wine at Communion almost every Sunday. I serve a senior community founded by my church as a volunteer chaplain. I just love thinking of you in the Cotswalds. We had a very short visit to the Cotswalds in 2015. Keep writing these updates. And thanks so much for who you are. I still brag on you as a professor I had in 2007! Dianne Otwell