I actually laughed when I was asked to reflect on one thing I wish I had learned in seminary after nearly a year in ministry. A friend’s response to hearing about this prompt was, “One thing? Can it be ten?” Truthfully, I have encountered more things than I can count in my first year of…
Things I wish I would have learned in seminary
The question provided to prompt this blog post was, “now that you are working in ministry, what is one thing you wish you would have been told or would have learned to prepare you?” Even though I only started ministry in October 2013 and am very new to ordained ministry, I have already been…
Flickers of Hope
Hope is a peculiar thing. The Christian life, I’m told, ought to be characterized and defined by hope. In many biblical passages, hope is given an exemplary status, described as something we retain. Christ’s work on the cross and the resurrection we are now celebrating means that we have hope in the authentic reality that…