Prayers: Seminaries

One of the things I have learned from moving around to different parts of the country is that most Lutherans are only aware of the seminary that is closest to them (if any). Did you know that there are actually eight ELCA seminaries? How many can you list? One or two? As many as four? All eight?

Another thing I have learned--from working closely with students from several different seminaries--is that they all are training good people to be faithful stewards of the gospel. I know this to be true for the ones I have worked with, so on faith (and knowing that this is really in God's hands) I take it to be true of them all. Sometimes there are differences in approach, and each seminary has its strengths and weaknesses. But really, we can be proud to support and pray for all of them, as well as for their students, and all of those who are discerning a call to ministry in our church.

That said, Seminary Days at Southern Seminary are March 22-24, and it's only fair to point out that it will actually be spring in South Carolina at that time, something no other ELCA seminary can claim. There will even be flowers, and it is absolutely not going to snow.

~Pastor Sarah