Registration for spring and summer is open and the most common question I get is what to take next. If you're in an MA concentration or an advanced graduate certificate, pay attention to the course sequence. For everyone else, start with the classes you're excited about and let graduation carry you through the rest.

New concepts are hardest at the beginning of seminary, when you don't have a foundation to build on yet. The work you're putting in now isn't going to waste.

My wife and I have been learning Wyrmspan, a game that feels a lot like one we already knew but plays very differently. If school feels familiar but different right now, the mechanics will get easier the more you do it. Seminary may not get easier, per se. But the things you're juggling just to be a good student will become easier with time.

Reflections from the pumpkin patch

A week with four kids in the house was a reminder that a lot of breakdowns come down to expectations. Seminary is no different. Whatever your new class looks like, follow the age-old advice and read the syllabus.

Reflections for Fall Break