Vermont Diocesan Convention Address

http://www.dioceseofvermont.org/Elyletters/ElyLetters07/ElyDec07.html

[The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont] 21 Nov 2007--With the encouragement of my sabbatical planning team, I used a portion of the sabbatical grant I received from the Louisville Institute to purchase a new digital camera before beginning my Sabbatical last December. They thought it would be a good idea for me to develop (no pun intended) a new interest during my sabbatical—and so photography became that new interest. I am glad that I paid attention to their advice. The point is not that I became a great photographer during my sabbatical—I didn’t—although I certainly did become a prolific one. Instead the point was to cultivate an interest in something new in such a way that this interest might carry on past the end of the sabbatical. It worked! I carry my camera with me most of the time and I’m continuing to learn more about how to take good pictures.