Seminary will give you plenty of practice writing papers. By the time I graduated with my M.Div, I could easily write ten pages about nothing. (Some would allege that my sermons are exactly that…but I digress.)
Writing papers on the scale that seminary requires can be daunting if you haven’t done it before. [...]

The first week of seminary is over, and looming ahead are due dates for reading, papers and tests. You know this because you should have a syllabus for each class, which contains all the assignments you’ll need to complete this semester and their due dates.
This is awesome. It’s a time management bonanza. [...]

Your seminary isn’t responsible for your education.  You are.
In the past week, I’ve had the chance to visit with a few current and just-graduated seminarians, and some of their observations have been strikingly similar:

The seminary environment is too academic.
The assigned readings are too long, and not really related to the subject matter.
If I do [...]

Seminary students who can’t say no give permission to others to waste their time.
We’re nice people. We like to say yes. Jesus knew this. He advised us, “Ask and it shall be given to you.” (This verse is not primarily about prayer; it is about human interaction.) He knew that [...]

The average American watches 4 hours, 35 minutes of television every day. (Center for Screen-Time Awareness, 2007 Fact Sheet)
Annually, that’s 1,673 hours. Can you believe it? Almost 10 weeks a year, just watching TV. It is a waste of your life!
We understand the need for a little entertainment or down-time, but TV is a time [...]