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Ph.D.s On Food Stamps
Elliott Stegall, 51, who teaches English courses, picks up food assistance at the WIC office in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. "The first time we went to the office to apply, I felt like I had arrived from...
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What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part One]
The Fuller Seminary Doctor of Ministry Cohort in Christian SpiritualityOn Friday, the above photo was snapped. I’d just come off the water with 10 Fuller DMin students, Brian McLaren, Courtney (my...
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What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Two]
Tony, Brian, and Albert consult the map. (Photo by Courtney Perry)I was fishing last evening with one of my friends/DMin students, and he said something interesting: “There seems to be no rivalry...
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What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Three]
Seminary education as we know it is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was only at the Council of Trent, called by the Catholic magesterium primarily to fight nascent Protestantism, that the seminary...
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What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Four]
I’ve listened to a lot of lectures in my day. Hundreds, maybe thousands. And I’ve learned a lot in some of those lectures. I still listen to lectures, downloaded from iTunes U, when I ride my bike or...
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What Seminary Education Ought To Be [Part Five]
This = class break. (Photo by Courtney Perry)Finally, this: where one studies should be consonant with what one studies.Last week, we were studying the doctrine of creation and its relationship to...
View ArticleWhat Seminary Education Ought To Be – A Student’s View [VIDEO]
Tony Jones and Brian McLaren Teach in the BWCAW from tony jones on Vimeo.Tony Jones and Brian McLaren teach the doctrine of creation to a Doctor of Ministry cohort from Fuller Theological Seminary in...
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Why Homeschoolers Don’t Understand “Missional”
As expected, homeschool advocates have turned out in force to defend and justify their decision to homeschool in response to my (provocatively titled) post, “Death to Homeschooling!”Therein, I...
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Obituary for the Residential Seminary
There’s lots of talk around the Twin Cities about what’s going on at Luther Seminary in St. Paul. The largest seminary of the ELCA, Luther’s president and CFO resigned late last year after disclosing a...
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The crest of General Theological Seminary in New York City.I’ve been beating the drum that seminaries across the land are in a time of crisis. Here are some examples:Obituary for the Residential...
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