Just as a quick fyi, Anna and I have received a few suggestions for questions we might consider. So for a while we are going to both write on the same topics.
In Anna's post she provided great official information about seminary and I agree with everything she wrote. I will admit that when I read the comment exchange between Nan and Anna on the Latin root of seminary being "seed". My mind went in a completely different direction...I thought about seeds, "sem", life and then "Oh yeah, that makes sense as Latin was the language of academia when society definitely boasted a patriarchal hierarchy. I wonder if anyone has ever thought of an "ovanary" or a "semiovanary."
This week Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber was at PLTS. She is a pastor in Denver and writes a blog called the "sarcastic Lutheran". Check it out from the link on our blog site. She talked about how important seminary was for her and I resonated with what she shared. Paraphrasing her, seminary transforms you in your understanding of general theology, Lutheran theology (for Lutherans), biblical studies, worship and leadership with the desire that we will be trained to proclaim, guide and care for others as they respond to God's active encounter with them in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
The telling of the encounter of the two travelers on the way to Emmaus and their encounter with Christ in Luke 24:13-36 comes to mind as I think about what seminary is. I am one of those people on that road. My road is a long one. I think it started in 1976 and took a long detour before it rejoined the main road again in 2005. Most days I feel like a seminarian and minimal days I feel like a "Pastor In Training" or "PIT". I honestly share that I didn't really know what content looked like until now.
Next post: Why am I in seminary?
1 comment:
That the ticket, Gretchen! Stretch that thinking. (Seed=ovary)
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