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church. Upon arriving, Amanda Grace was greeted by barking dogs, people everywhere, and the stench of humanity consumed with fear. Amanda Grace led a team of volunteers with counseling experience throughout the crisis. "When you have a cross section of humanity like that, you have kids who are scared, adults off their medication, and everyone in a different phase of the grief cycle. We had to take care of them all," she recounted. "But for the next three days, the Holy Spirit carried me." "Harvey was the making of me, professionally and personally. After that, I felt assured in my gifts and skills in counseling." That one semester in which her path veered from the licensure program allowed her to take classes she could draw from in this crisis. "Harvey was the making of me, professionally and personally. After that, I felt assured in my gifts and skills in counseling." MORE TO COME Not long after Harvey, Amanda Grace was promoted to be the relationships director at her church, focusing on women's ministry and continuing in-house counseling. She shared a line from her favorite Mary Oliver poem to explain how the Lord used her time in seminary to prepare her for counseling: Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. Now, she invites others to rest in God's goodness and grace. "In the end, seminary was nothing I expected and everything I needed," she said. "My time in seminary boiled down to the word grace— my name—and freedom in Christ." Amanda Grace Caldwell MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING Amanda Grace Caldwell graduated from Denver Seminary in 2014 with a master of arts in counseling and currently works at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston as the counselor-in- residence and director of relationships ministry. She put her skills in counseling and her passion for writing together to author a new book, Meanwhile: What to Do While You Wait. ENGAGE 19 Learn About Our Fully Online Programs ONLINE LEARNING HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN ABOUT CONTENT DELIVERY. WITH THE NEXT GENERATION ONLINE LEARNING CLASSES OFFERED FOR DENVER SEMINARY'S FULLY ONLINE DEGREES, THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. ORIGINAL CONTENT PRODUCED BY DENVER SEMINARY FACULTY STILL PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE. HOWEVER, ENGAGEMENT DRIVES THESE COURSES. OUR COURSES ARE DESIGNED FOR ACTIVE LEARNING, STUDENT-TO-FACULTY ENGAGEMENT, STUDENT-TO-STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT-TO- WORLD ENGAGEMENT. WE CURRENTLY OFFER FOUR DEGREE OPTIONS FULLY ONLINE: MASTER OF DIVINITY, 39-HOUR MASTER OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, MASTER OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN CHRISTIAN STUDIES, AND A 24-HOUR CERTIFICATE IN BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT DENVERSEMINARY.EDU/FULLYONLINE.

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