The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage I left on July 21 for 33 days of walking the Camino de Santiago, one day for every year of Christ’s life. I teach leadership and spiritual formation, so I organized this part of my sabbatical around expectations I have of my students:...
More Than an Administrator Why would a guy in his mid-40s, who already has the highest degree in his field and a solid profession as a school administrator, be surfing the Western Theological Seminary website? It seemed as though I was being called by the Hound of...
Finding Hope in the Hebrew Language On the first day of Hebrew class at Western Theological Seminary, something happened in me. As we stood there surrounded by stuffed animals, learning the words for them in Hebrew, I had the keen sense that I was not there by...
The Beginning of Distance Learning When Ruth Fitzgerald did a Google search for “distance learning” the week of Christmas 2002, Western Theological Seminary came up on her computer screen. The program hadn’t even begun, but she was interested and made an appointment...
In April 2019, Western Theological Seminary hosted the Osterhaven Lectures in Theology, featuring Dr. John Swinton. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS OF LECTURES About Dr. John Swinton John Swinton is a Scottish theologian and a major figure in the development of disability...