Tag: seminary
Quick tip of the hat…
to Rendezvous with God, for the link and the nod. Thanks Chris.
Category: Links
Procrastination: Seminary Time Waster #1
We’re all very well acquainted with the problem of procrastination. Putting off things that we do not enjoy or are dreading is a very human temptation, but is completely self-destructive. Here are a few practical tips on overcoming procrastination. Some of these tips will work well for you, others won’t. Pick and choose as you [...]
Category: Featured, Time Management
Eliminate Time Wasters
It’s mid-semester, and lots of projects and tests are coming due. Final exams and papers are not that far off, and I’m sure you feel the crunch coming. With that in mind, we’re going to talk about reclaiming desperately needed time by eliminating the things that waste it. The Enemy’s main strategy for people in [...]
Category: Time Management
21 Money Saving Sites from Around the Web
Here’s a portion of a great post from Get Rich Slowly, one of my favorite personal finance blogs. GRS links to 21 money saving websites. Here’s an excerpt: Coupon Mountain offers “free coupon codes, bargains and sales from more than 2,000 online stores.” No registration required. Coupons.com allows users to browse current grocery coupons and [...]
Ortberg on Calling
John Ortberg just published an article exploring the idea of the “call” to ministry. I have been a pastor for a long time now. When I was ordained in the Baptist church, one of the questions I knew was coming was, “Tell us about your ‘call.’” In our tradition, if you became a pastor, you [...]
You want me to do WHAT??
“Learn to…” Series, Part three: Learn to Submit to Authority You will always be under someone’s authority. Always. Even if you plant the next megachurch, lead a staff of hundreds, and have tens of thousands flocking to hear you preach every weekend, you will still be under authority. And I don’t mean just the authority [...]
Category: Spiritual life
The New Look And A Growing Team
The New Look As is obvious to site visitor, we’re experimenting with a serious upgrade to the look of seminarysurvivalguide.com. I’ve wanted for a while to go to a format that would make browsing by category much easier. If I were all cool and stuff, I’d wait until everything was ready, and roll it out [...]
Category: General
Sobering Quote
From The Reformed Reader: “Sometimes seminarians complain that the seminary’s expectations of them are too demanding, that the course is too difficult, or that it is placing academic burdens upon them that they cannot bear. Perhaps they feel that their sincerity and their sense of vocation are enough to sustain them in their ministry. They [...]
Learn to Share Your Faith
When I was in seminary, I didn’t share my faith much. Most of the time I was pretty nervous about it. Part of this was a horrible misconception about evangelism, and part was the reality that I had not grown comfortable with who I was in Christ. There were plenty of others like me in [...]
Category: Spiritual life
Can’t say no? Try the “Qualified Yes”
Learning to say no is an important survival skill for ministry. People will ask you to do all sorts of things. because you’re nice. You’re in ministry! How could you say no? This will suck your life away if you’re not careful. We must defend our own borders. Of course, most of us in ministry [...]
Category: Links, Time Management
