Recently This American Life released two episodes surrounding Ferguson, Michael Brown, and integration within the American education system. Dr. Kamau Bobb examines the role of the business community in addressing challenges in public education. Despite the charged issues, the producers created the kind of episode worth listening to: prompting more questions, wondering where you might fit…
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5 Takeaways From Seminary After Graduating in 5.5 Years
This past Friday I walked across the stage, shook the hands of some professors, and celebrated the end of a very long journey. This journey started in the summer of 2007 when I decided to enroll at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in the Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies program. Five and a half years later,…
Formation over Memorization of Information
As my semester of seminary has finally finished I’ve been doing some thinking about the value of it all. I sit in class for hours on end each week listening to lectures while taking notes, engaging in discussion around issues of the Bible, church ministry, culture, and theology, and I wonder what the true value…
4 Things I’ve Learned in 4 Years of Seminary
Someone asked me the other day when I was going to be done with school. Most everyone I know through my church has only ever known me when I’ve been taking seminary classes, so it’s been a question I get asked quite often. I started thinking about it and I realized I’ve already gone to…