As I crossed the graduation stage in May, I felt a welling sense of pride. I was proud of myself, sure, but I also took pride in both my school and my Catholic identity. Attending an ...

What have I learned that I wish I knew before I came to seminary? I wish I had known that I’d be enriched far beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge by learning in community, particularly in this ...

Over the past several years, I’ve asked my three living heroes to speak to one of my graduate-level classes at Southeastern Seminary, where I teach.

“What are you, a deacon?” the man asks from his bed. We are about 20 minutes into a pastoral visit. His parish deacon has been visiting regularly since he got sick. Now I have entered this man’s life ...

It is 6:12 a.m. -- 12 minutes late. But just in time for the main part of the lesson: "Nephi then took the sharp and mighty sword of Laban and chopped off his head!" Such stories from Mormon ...

Ken Fong, Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, California. Sometimes I'm tempted to think that requiring all would-be ministers to go through seminary is sort of like hazing—I had to suffer ...

I had considered going into full-time ministry for over a decade. And yet, somehow, my arrival on the seminary’s campus felt sudden. As I stood in the lecture hall doorway surveying seat options for ...

Bryce Langley will graduate from Bethel Seminary in 2023 with a master of arts in theological studies. He’s a pastoral resident at Antioch Community Church in northeast Minneapolis, pursuing full-time ...