Northern Blogs about My Relevant Article

I was featured in a blog post from my seminary, Northern Baptist, last week highlighting my recent article in Relevant about choosing a seminary. Check it out here.

So You Think You Want to Go to Seminary

This is an article I wrote that originally published for Relevant Magazine’s College Guide for Graduate School. You can view the guide here: Relevant Magazine’s College Guide for Graduate School

Calling. If you grew up in the church you might be sick of that word and its seeming ambiguity or pretense. Does God have a calling on your life? How are you supposed to know what it is?

Some people clearly hear God calling them into ministry. Maybe it happens while leading a Bible study and realizing they’re really good at it. Maybe after a dramatic return to the Father’s grace they want to share that grace with others. For me it happened leading worship and glimpsing the wonder of entering God’s presence as the Church. But is everyone supposed to hear the Lord that clearly?