2010 - Oceanside, CA
For a long time I have been mulling over the opportunity to attend seminary. Naturally , I must ask myself, "what motives drive my desire for education? Am I looking to affirm what I already presuppose, or do I have a teachable attitude?"
Dr. R. Scott Clark's blog series, Who Should Go to Seminary?, is helpful. He writes,
"Mature, patient pastoral ministry requires willingness to learn and change. It requires the ability to be wrong—to recognize when one is or has been wrong. It requires humility and the knowledge of what one is not and what one does not know. One who seeks confirmation of his prejudice is not committed to learning (or getting it right) but is only committed to “being right” and ultimately that is about power and not about truth. One who seeking power is not preparing for ministry. Jesus did not pick up a sword but wrapped himself with a towel." [1][1] R. Scott Clark, Who Should Go to Seminary?, Part 2
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© Michael Spotts:. 2010
2 comments:
Where will you be going?
What will you be studying?
When do you start?
I would like to start as Westminster Seminary California, for an M.Div., by the Fall semester. :)
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