The Good Doctor

Trey updates have been few and far between on the blog lately, so it gives me great pleasure to fill you all in on what he's been doing these days. Trey is modest to a fault and doesn't much care for the accolades bestowed upon him on this blog, but it is my blog, after all, and I like to brag about him. Caring for three children 5 and under is a full-time job in itself. A darn demanding one too, but in his free time -- nights, weekends, nap times -- he has been feverishly working on getting published. He began by shopping around his Aberdeen thesis and while he waited to hear back about it, he began working on his American one. A couple of weeks ago a prestigious and one of the oldest academic publishers in Europe agreed to publish his thesis on Andrew Melville, and they are currently in negotiations.

When we made the decision to go to Aberdeen there were three goals: finish the degree, obtain university level teaching experience, and publish the thesis. This publishing opportunity marks the realization of the third and final goal. It also is a huge boost to Trey's CV in a time when academic positions are few and far between and fought for by a handful of able scholars. Our hope is that this will make a difference. While we do not know what the future holds, we continue to be amazed by God's goodness to our family, providing in unexpected and truly abundant ways. The story has never quite looked like what I expected it to, but it has always been rich and the journey has never been boring.