This past week was the second week of Fall quarter at Fuller Seminary. I generally make the first week into an introduction of the topic and an introduction to the course structure. There’s always a lot of adds/drops/questions in the … Continue reading
CHAPTER XVII: CONCLUSION (of his book Ordaining Women written in 1891 ) “What are we, what our race, How good for nothing and base, Without fair woman to aid us? What could we do, where should we go, How should … Continue reading
In early 1999, my church had a major crisis, as there was a group of people who left the church and others were threatening to leave over the issue of a woman preaching on the occasional Sunday morning. It was … Continue reading
Recently, Pete Enns, a scholar of the Old Testament, wandered over to the annual gathering of the American Academy of Religion. This is the largest society of scholars whose work focuses on, you guessed it, religion. That term is defined … Continue reading
When I began teaching full-time I put together powerpoint presentations on various topics, so the imaging of theology and church history became a regular task. For the last class of my undergraduate theology gen ed class I wanted to pull … Continue reading
A number of years ago, the government famously passed a set of laws and standards called No Child Left Behind. The goal was to make sure that education didn’t leave anyone off to the side or without access. Noble goals, … Continue reading
The making of pastors in seminary: Pastors aren’t born into the role. Sure, of course, there’s often a family business of sorts, where son follows father, who followed his father, with assorted uncles and cousins added to the mix. Increasingly … Continue reading
Using cities as analogies for theological education is very evocative. They speak of a place, a way, an era, a narrative all at once. The sights and smells and food and language of one city is different than other cities. … Continue reading
“A theologian is one who prays truly, one who prays truly is a theologian,” Evagrius wrote. I was very good at theological education in the Berlin model. I finished seminary with 144 quarter units, a 3.9 GPA, and a Masters … Continue reading
I was pre-law in college. Took the LSAT and did very well on it. But I couldn’t apply to law schools because of the financial trauma. The application fees were expensive, but so was Wheaton, and I couldn’t get ahead … Continue reading
