On a Seminary Education

"… what you have learned to do in seminary is read. By learning to read you have learned to speak Christian. That you have learned to read and speak means you have been formed in a manner to avoid the pitfalls I have associated with the contemporary ministry. For I want to suggest to you that one of the essential tasks of those called to the ministry in our day is to be a teacher. In particular, you are called to be a teacher of language. I hope to convince you that if you so understand your task, you will discover that you have your work cut out for you. But that is very good news because you now clearly have something to do.

-Stanley Hauerwas, ‘Speaking Christian: A Commencement Address for Eastern Mennonite Seminary’, The Mennonite Quarterly Review 84 (2010), 441–44.

As the second year approaches, thought this would be a fitting selection. It was recently quoted in a larger passage on the blog 'Per Crucem Ad Lucem' (read it here).

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Across the Finish Line

Just got home from preaching my last sermon on my last sunday of the summer. I was blessed to have Nate and D. Corp in attendance. Signing out from Bahama for a few months...

Matty J.