When most people hear the word “doctor,” they think about medical doctors. However, lawyers are Juris Doctors or Doctors of the Law, Ph.D.s are Doctors of Philosophy, and Th.D.s are Doctors of Theology. So what is a Doctor of Ministry? Unlike their Ph.D. or Th.D....
Throughout my three years at Western Theological Seminary, I hovered around a few ideas for the half-book-length final project, trying to write about things I feared. One of the cohort’s core books was Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir. In it, Karr asks: What would you...
School has begun again, and each morning starts the same way for me: caffeine first, lunches for my preteen girls next. The transition seems simple, but what seems straightforward is often fraught with turbulence, as is the case here. When the oven glows at 6:15am,...
Western Theological Seminary announces that Andy Bast, Director of Development and Church Partnerships, will step into a new role as leader of the Words of Hope development team in early 2025. Andy will succeed Todd Schuiling, who is retiring. Words of Hope is a...
I first read Eugene Peterson’s Working the Angles in my initial years of ministry. At the time, I struggled because most of the metaphors used to describe pastors and churches were drawn from the business and technology worlds. Church life seemed to be framed in terms...
