Susannah Jones-Hocmuth

By Susannah Jones - Hocmuth In the Gilead House, we talk a lot about journeys. We talk about learning more about ourselves through serving others, and about discerning what God has planned for us next. Now, at the end of my service year, I have been looking back and admiring … [Read more...] about Journeys, Challenges, and Saying Thank You

By Susannah Jones - Hocmuth I should start this blog post by saying that I have been discerning the call to ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church. I’ve emailed the Bishop of my home diocese to begin discussing that process. In September, I had an experience that confirmed … [Read more...] about The Journey Called Discernment

By Susannah Jones - Hocmuth Living on your own after college is a weird thing. It’s different than going away to college because there aren’t school deadlines and you aren’t living in a dorm. A friend of mine recently pointed out that everyone’s college experience is not the … [Read more...] about The things we take with us

By Susannah Jones - Hocmuth It’s been two weeks. Two weeks of getting to know each other, learning about how to form community within the ESC house and in the wider areas of our neighborhood and the city. What does it mean to build consensus? Why should we care about racism as … [Read more...] about God in the midst of us: An overview of things so far