Ryan BurnsSo, our new home has some new decorations thanks to winter term Hebrew I.
Throughout the house you will find the following hanging on walls, doors, mirrors, and even the shower:
So, I stumbled upon a GREAT new resource the other day. The Seminary Survival Guide is blog written by a pastor and former seminarian, Pastor Mark. I was absolutely thrilled to find another blogger out there trying to help seminarians make the most...
Well, the move is over… lots of driving and lots of unpacking. I’m exhausted, but about to go to the airport to pick up the family! So excited to see them and bring them to the new house. Hopefully next week I’ll get back in the...
Happy Christmas Eve to all!
We’re with family today and tomorrow and then I get to drive a moving van for two days. Internt access will be off and on, so posting will likely not be for a couple days.
Keep us in your prayers!
See ya soon.
Super busy lately. I turned 30 yesterday and spent a good 3 hours shopping for health insurance (weeee). Went out to dinner with friends and ended up sitting at the table talking for 6 hours. It was a great night. Today I have to rent the moving...
Wow… in the past 48 hours I’ve: Ridden a total of 12 hours in a car Covered 12 square miles of seminary town Called about 35 realtors and home owners Asked the question, “can you tell me about the house?” over a dozen times...
Take it down a notch – Americans love their space. However, have you notice that the rest of the world is not so space obsessed. I am always humbled when I see images of other countries where entire families live in 1 and 2 bedroom houses. I...
It is 8:30 a.m. and I’m feeling lazy. Not having kids to wake you up in nice (yet strangely sad)… thankfully there is construction going on next door to remind me that I have work to do today. I had dinner with my brother and sister-in...
Going to look for housing this weekend. The ball is rolling fast over here. Likely moving in 2 weeks and we haven’t packed a single item… and I turn 30 in 7 days… crazy days friends. I’ll post as time and energy allow.
Well, in a recent post I mentioned that our house had not sold and was thus causing us to reconsider our plans for seminary… well, today (3 days before we were going to take the house off the market) our Realtor called with a contract in...
A good number of people end up at goingtoseminary.com by searching some derivative of “best” and “seminary.” So, I figured I should take a moment and address the topic. Actually, the real motivation for this post was a thread...
Going to seminary has always been a desire of mine. Well, maybe not always… but for a long while. I’ve even tried my hand a taking seminary classes online. In the end it never panned out for me. So, when and how did everything change for...
Ok friends, not giving any advice in this post… Just thinking out loud here… So, if you know about me then you know I am not currently attending seminary. I’ve been taking seminary classes virtually and was planning on transferring...
Thanks for making November a great month at going to seminary. As you may notice by the sidebar, I have decided to open goingtoseminary.com to sponsors. I hoping that by adding a few select sponsors I’ll be able to be a little more free to...
For all of you who have finished your semester… Congratulations.
For those who are still plugging away on those final papers… keep up the good work… You can make it.
Ok, I found this about 8 seconds ago and was so interested that I had to post about it. Apparently this company, Chegg, rents college textbooks. The cost to rent for a semester is about 55-65% off the list price. Now, yes, I think you should buy all...
I read an encouraging article today about how Dallas Theological Seminary is webcasting seminary classes into China WITH the government’s support. I was blown away by the news. Seriously… an evangelical, Christian, seminary given...
Ok, health insurance is a pain in the neck. It is expensive and if you’re not on a company plan it is even more expensive. So, what are you to do? Well, first thing is to try and land a job that actually provides health insurance. Trick with...
Ok, here is another list that might help. Here are some sites that might help you find a job while you’re in seminary (no particular order other than this is how they came to my mind): First, check with your seminary. Lots of them have job...
So, as part of this blog I’ll be chronicling my journey to and in seminary. So, to catch you up to speed we need to go back… way back… I’d say it was in middle school (about 18 years ago) that I first felt a...
The fact is that seminary is expensive. So, when trying to make the decision on going to seminary, it is important to spend some time crunching the numbers. Now, this isn’t the determining factor, but it is certainly one you must consider...
Congrats to Terry at Diary of a Seminary Student for being the first seminary blogger to make it on the goingtoseminary.com blogroll. All you seminary bloggers out there, share your wisdom and insight here on goingtoseminary.com and get some nice...
My apologies for being absent the past few days. As any seminarian will tell you, life is hectic. In preparation for our departure for seminary in January, I’ve been working full time at a start-up company in my town helping them with...
While tooling around the net looking for seminaries with online and distance education options I found a good bit of help from a post on the Asbury Theological Seminary web site. The elements you bring to online learning are vital to the learning...
So, I figure it would be good to work on a list of seminaries offering online and distance education degrees. Now, keep in mind that almost every school that offers a distance education will require, at least, some residential classes. This list...
Added a few new seminary scholarships for you this evening on the master list.
Now, some of you might read that and think, “that’s a stupid question.” And of the ones who think that, half of you think it is stupid for one reason and half think it is stupid for another. However, the fact is that whether the...
I was reading James this morning and thinking, in particular, about James 2:24. Then, this evening I was reading Live. Work. Play. and was reminded how this applies to seminary. Worth quoting here: I’m glad I am taking the time to go through...
So, I came across this chart today on Gospel Resurgence this afternoon and thought you’d get a kick out of it. As I read through it I actually laughed out loud as I thought of all the people this would help (mostly the people who talk too much...
Are you in seminary? Do you Blog? Are you reading this post? If yes, then you need to get your blog listed on the goingtoseminary.com Seminary Bloggers blogroll! Designed as resource for the readers of goingtoseminary.com, I want to collect a list...