<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-2000/going-and-drawing-near.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Going Off and Drawing Near</title><excerpt>One of my first memories of teaching at Westmont is leaving the house one night to meet some students, with my son literally clinging to my leg, tears streaming down his cheeks. I recall dreaming sociologically, wondering if we could somehow fashion life so that we didn’t have to “go off” from family to follow our calling.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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