Two Cent Tuesday - Are You Involved in a Local Church?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of the local church in the life of the seminarian and plan, God willing, to write some posts on it in the near future. Until then, I’d love to hear about your involvement in a local church. I’ll go ahead and show my cards, in that I believe that serving in a local church is important for all believers, especially seminarians… but more on that later.

Till then, where are you?

Two Cent Tuesday - Dream Vacation Spot?

Well Gang, I’m still on vacation so the magical wordpress robots are pushing this post live to you. While I’m gone, I hope you are enjoying all the guest posts that our contributors are pumping out.  Since it is Two Cent Tuesday and I’m on vacation lets make this one light… where do you wish you could be on vacation right now?

See ya on Thursday.

Two Cent Tuesday - How Holy is Holy Week for You?

I was encouraged this morning as my professor challenged the class to truly participate in Holy Week as a time of reflection and preparation for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Honestly, in the busyness of things, I forgot this was Holy Week.  I wasn’t able to go to the Palm Sunday service due to Little Man and Sweet Pea both being sick, so it just kind of slipped by.  After you vote, feel free to share your thoughts on Holy Week.  Do you participate?  Why or Why not?  If you do, what do you do and what is Holy Week like for you?

Two Cent Tuesday - Praying for your seminary professors

So, ever since I read Terry’s blog post Adopt a Seminary Professor I’ve been mulling over the fact that it never even crossed my mind to pray for my professors. Talk about lame. These professors are giving themselves to my (our) training. Does it not make perfect sense that I should pray for God’s grace in their lives and in their families… that he would bless their teaching and guard their hearts and minds?

So, by way of provoking us all to pray, this weeks Two Cent Tuesday wants to know how often you pray for your professors. Time to be honest here… and, I’d assume for most of us, it is time to make some changes.

Also, for what it is worth, after I was challenged by Terry I decided that, at the very least, I would pray for my professors at the start of their class. Why don’t you join me?

Two Cent Tuesday - What Comes to Mind?

I like stream of consciousness questions because they reveal a lot about a person and their thoughts. So, for this week’s poll I want you to answer the following question with the first word that pops in your head… ready?

What is the first word that come to mind when you hear the word seminary?

Got it, ok. Well, if it isn’t on the list you can add it… This should be fun!

Two Cent Tuesday - Readership Poll

I’m just interested to know where the Going to Seminary readers are on this journey called seminary.

(answer #5 was added for all you Calvinists out there who objected to question #4’s wording… come on, that was funny!)

Two Cent Tuesday - Seminary Prayer

(First, let me begin by saying sorry to those who are not a current seminarian and can’t answer this question… however, I think the results are important for both current and future seminarians and something we must ask here.)

I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer and seminary. Sure, your professor says a prayer before the lecture begins, but other than that, would you consider your seminary a place of prayer? If not, what does that say?

Statistics (that I plan to blog about later this week… I hope) show that most seminary graduates go into parish ministry of some sort. Seminary is a major part of the training process for this ministry… yet, how are we equipped for this call? Reading, papers, lectures… Sure, all are VERY important… but what about prayer?

I don’t know… I think this will be a topic I spend some time thinking about over the next few months (maybe years).

Anyway, here ya go… two pennies please:

Two Cent Tuesday - Seminary After Your Undergrad?

It was 7 years between the time I graduated with my undergraduate degree and when I began full time seminary studies. For other people, they jump right into seminary as soon as the ink drys on their undergraduate diploma. So, is there any benefit to going to seminary directly after your undergrad or is there benefit to delaying entrance into seminary?

After you vote, feel free to drop your two cents in the comment section.

Two Cent Tuesday - Most important factor for deciding on a seminary

I’ve blogged previously about one pastor’s opinion on how to decide on a seminary and, somewhat related, I’ve given my thoughts on what seminary is the best, so now it is your turn to weigh in… What do you think is the most important factor when trying to decide on a seminary?

I know there are multiple factors, but which one do you give the most weight to?

Since everyone has different criteria, I’ve given the option for you to add your own response to the poll.

As always, feel free to “talk” out your two cents in the comment section.

Two Cent Tuesday - Is it ok to take out a loan for seminary?

Well, today is Two Cent Tuesday… your chance to let everyone know what you think about the question of the week. Today is a fun and occasionally controversial question:

Is it OK to take out a loan for seminary?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe
• I don't know

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Let your two cents be heard. If clicking a box is not enough for you, then feel free to drop your pennies in the comment section.

Have fun and… play nice.

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