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Reflections on Graduating Seminary

by Britt Treece A week before Christmas, after six long years of study, I graduated from seminary.  Looking back, I’ve had a lot of thoughts, questions, comments, and recommendations, so I thought that organizing some of them would be helpful both for me and for past, present, and future seminarians.  (Since it took me six [...]

January 8th, 2010 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
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My First Semester Shock, or Seminarians Without Chests

I approached seminary with many of the common illusions seminary students have. I thought it would be a spiritually vibrant and intense time, full of people who were overflowing with passion for Christ. Boy was I surprised. My first semester, I enrolled in Hebrew class, like many beginning M.Div.-ers. I made friends with some other [...]

September 21st, 2009 | Mark | 14 comments | Continued
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Shorter degrees

Here is an example of a guy who lived out my counsel on being judicious with your choice of degree.  This is a sensible exercise of triage.

February 7th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
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I decided to quit my job to go to seminary

(This story–our first!!–comes from the webmaster at goingtoseminary.com. – Mark) About four years ago my wife and I moved from the south to the not-quite-north. The move had lots of factors… FAR too many to go into here. But we packed the car and headed on the journey with a couple thousand dollars in the [...]

February 1st, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
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Link Love and Your Stories

Just a brief note to seminarians in the blogosphere. There are many of you out there! I’ve been surfing around as time permits, and I’ve been very impressed with the level of thinking and writing I’ve seen. Anyway, I’d be happy to link to your blog from Seminary Survival Guide.com. Just leave a comment, and [...]

January 10th, 2008 | Mark | 5 comments | Continued
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Which degree should I get?

Since planning your study is your responsibility (not your seminary’s), then the first level of planning is to choose your degree program wisely. The M. Div. is the standard ministry degree, but it also takes 3 ½ – 4 years or more to complete. By comparison, many seminaries offer shorter Master of Arts in biblical [...]

January 8th, 2008 | Mark | 6 comments | Continued
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Sounding My Call to Chicago

In part three, I recommend having your calling verified by a group of mature believers who know God well and you well. Here’s my story. I greatly benefited from the counsel of a group like this when I was trying to find a church right out of seminary. I had interviewed with a church in [...]

January 2nd, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued