One more think about work hiring

(This is the third round of hiring interviews I've done for hiring other people in the last year or so. You'd think by now I'd remember how long the process takes in terms of getting the entire department to talk about it.)

This new addition, though, is going to make us a particularly religiously diverse group. I don't know about our AV specialist, but we have me (active Pagan), another person who's very active in the Jewish community. And both of our potential hires have recent work experience at either Bible colleges or something pretty similar. (One was a youth pastor, the other has been working at the Bible college he graduated from.)

So, it's going to be a little intriguing to see how that works out. (I think both of them will be okay with it: we've had clear conversations about the school's commitment to diversity, the GSA group, etc. etc. etc.) but it's the first time this particular one has come up for me since I've started being more open about being Pagan at work.

(Also on that front: I had great conversations with our comparative religion teachers about next semester, and they're both looking forward to have me come in and talk about a) minority religious experience in general and b) Paganism in more specific. I really need to come up with a better pre-class reading for them, or maybe just give in and write one.)