Ted's new site

I had some downtime this morning, so I thought I'd post a link to my new site. I've been working on the design for a while now, but I decided to use some of my birthday money to get the domain name (it's only $10/yr.) SO if you want to read what I've been working on, or more accurately, read what I will have been working on, you can check it out there! thanks!

PEACE
Ted

Graduation and Looking Forward..

The past couple of weeks have been a little crazy, with my sister Anna's graduation from Trevecca Nazarene and then my graduation from Nazarene Theological Seminary this past weekend -- but it was an incredibly blessed time. We had a great number of family in town - Granny and Grandpa Coker, Mom & Dad, Anna and her husband Michael, Lisa (Ted's mom), and Kelsey (one of Ted's sisters) -- it was so much fun to be able to spend time with all of them in the midst of the chaoticness of graduating which included things like a graduation picnic, senior chapel, All Seminary Banquet, Corlett Senior Sermon, and the big finale - Graduation.

We dressed up in our funny Masters robes and walked into Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene for what would be the final culmination of school for many of us. Strange feeling. I have told many people over the last couple of weeks how strange it feels to not be "a student" anymore. At this point in time, I have pretty much been in school for the last 20 years -- that is a long time! There is something steadfast and simple about being a student - you know what it takes in order to get good grades and satisfy the requirements. And, for some reason or another I am a pretty good student. As I walked across the stage and was hooded as a Master of Divinity, I realize, in part, that those days are a part of my cherished past. Now, I will always be a student - reading new things, learning new ideas, engaging in conversation and discussion with others; however, this will, for the most part, not take place in a classroom.Sarah and Paul Sheneman & Sarah & Ted Voigt
Thank you Lord for great friends!

This past year in our lives has definitely been a year of transitions - and the transitions continue as we seek to follow after God again. During the past semester I have met with several District Superintendents and while the interviews have gone well there is a certain amount of ambiguity with which one leaves these meetings. While you may have had a great conversation, there are still many things that are left unsaid. And so, you wait. Follow up, and wait some more. I think that this is the place where many of my fellow graduates are at right now - waiting. This is a precious place to be, a place where the people of God have been been many times. So, while we wait we have much to learn from those who have gone before us and testified, born witness, to a life of waiting in the blessed rest and patience of God.

Please be in prayer for Ted and I as we will be going to a church in Richland, Washington as I interview with the church for the position of Pastor of Children and Family. It is an exciting opportunity! In the mean time, here's to waiting...