Age Old Questions Pt 3: Am I too Young to be a Pastor?
2I started seminary at the peach fuzz age of 23 years young. The naivety of youth made me feel invincible enough to take the 3 year route to a 4 year degree which meant I (pointlessly) graduated with the MDiv degree as a ministerial tadpole, at age [...]
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Age-Old Questions: Am I too Old for Seminary? Pt 2
Yesterday we tackled the question on the minds of some older men who feel called to the ministry, but fear the academic rigors of seminary. I promised to introduce you to the chief witness in my case that it’s never too late. I took doctoral [...]
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Age-Old Questions: Am I too Old for Seminary? Pt 1
“Is it too late for me to begin pursuing a seminary degree to equip me for fulltime ministry?” I get asked variations of that question more frequently than one would expect. Perhaps because I am the sunny side of 40, and was the pastor of [...]
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Rotten to the Core: What Kills Seminaries?
One of the most disturbing, yet inspirational set work books I was assigned to read in seminary was Reforming Fundamentalism by George Marsden. The cryptic title obscures the content, but the apt subtitle explains that the book chronicles the rise and fall of Fuller Seminary. It unveiled for me an awareness [...]
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What Vets Can Teach Seminoids
The call to ministry can be ensconced in the fluff of uninformed idealism. I learned this lesson in common horse sense from a veterinary student. When you ask a child why he/she wants to be a vet when they grow up, the answer may be an uncomplicated [...]
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