I was thinking yesterday about the process I went through that lead me to seminary. It was a long and drawn out process (here are some excerpts). While there were MANY factors that influenced my decision to attend seminary, for me the Bible was most...
Fellow GtS writer, Jeff Patterson and I have been talking about Spirituality. It seems today everyone is spiritual. I remember reading an article in which atheists were describing themselves as spiritual. Jeff and I were talking specifically about...
This question is in honor of all this year’s seminary graduates. Now that the sentimentality is out of the way, let me be clear… I hate this question. I guess the thing that I hate about the question is that it seems to me that, by...
Currently I am signed up for 2 summer classes. I thought about doing more, but I realized that I would ultimately be cheating myself if I tried to cram an entire semester into the summer. I’ve found that I retain a LOT less information when it...
The semester is almost over and one of my big summer projects is going to be working on the launch of goingtoseminary.com version 2.0. I have a bunch of ideas I’m wanting to put into place, but before I rush in and commit all this time and...
Well, it is about that time in the semester where I’m beginning to realize that I don’t have a lot of time left to get these term papers written. This semester I have two to write: one for Exposition of Hebrews class and one for...
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of the local church in the life of the seminarian and plan, God willing, to write some posts on it in the near future. Until then, I’d love to hear about your involvement in a local church...
Well Gang, I’m still on vacation so the magical wordpress robots are pushing this post live to you. While I’m gone, I hope you are enjoying all the guest posts that our contributors are pumping out. Since it is Two Cent Tuesday and...
I was encouraged this morning as my professor challenged the class to truly participate in Holy Week as a time of reflection and preparation for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Honestly, in the busyness of things, I forgot this was Holy Week. I...
So, ever since I read Terry’s blog post Adopt a Seminary Professor I’ve been mulling over the fact that it never even crossed my mind to pray for my professors. Talk about lame. These professors are giving themselves to my (our) training...
I like stream of consciousness questions because they reveal a lot about a person and their thoughts. So, for this week’s poll I want you to answer the following question with the first word that pops in your head… ready? What is the...
I’m just interested to know where the Going to Seminary readers are on this journey called seminary. (answer #5 was added for all you Calvinists out there who objected to question #4’s wording… come on, that was funny!)...
(First, let me begin by saying sorry to those who are not a current seminarian and can’t answer this question… however, I think the results are important for both current and future seminarians and something we must ask here.) I’ve...
It was 7 years between the time I graduated with my undergraduate degree and when I began full time seminary studies. For other people, they jump right into seminary as soon as the ink drys on their undergraduate diploma. So, is there any benefit to...
I’ve blogged previously about one pastor’s opinion on how to decide on a seminary and, somewhat related, I’ve given my thoughts on what seminary is the best, so now it is your turn to weigh in… What do you think is the most...
Well, today is Two Cent Tuesday… your chance to let everyone know what you think about the question of the week. Today is a fun and occasionally controversial question: {democracy:3} Let your two cents be heard. If clicking a box is not enough...
So, I’ve decided to spice things up around here and start adding some questions. I think it’ll be interesting to see how people weigh in on various seminary related questions. Today’s question is one that I think is particularly...