Thomas Aquinas’s prayer for students!
This week is the second of three reading weeks given to seminarians at Yale. The idea is to have time to catch up on reading, work on papers, and so…
Ecclesiastes at the Yale-Harvard game
As a way of celebrating two of my classes’ coursework being done, I went to the Yale-Harvard game with a friend today. One can’t park at the stadium, so one…
Notorious sinners?
Sometimes, seminarians dive into heady discussions in the YDS commuter lounge, so called because there are lockers, a piano, and several love seats and tables where people can rest and…
Why I haven’t blogged…
I’m sitting in the large common room of YDS with sunlight streaming in the large windows, looking at the painting of H. Richard Niebuhr (who taught at Yale). I am…
Todo lo que hicieron por uno de mis hermanos, aun por el mas pequeno, lo hicieron por mi
Well, what a week. I realize I say that every week, but really, seminary is pretty exciting and intense. I had two big tests last week: a midterm in New…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
In short, many good and bad things happened these past ten days. On the good side, I was treated to two incredibly beautiful (and free) choral performances, both sponsored by…
My quest for a church…
One of the things that a lot of seminarians do is to look for a home church while they’re at seminary. Most of us have been very active in our…
What I learned this week….
For some reason, many people here in New Haven have been asking me how classes are going, and the answer is, “Great!” (or in German, “Sehr gut!”). I am thoroughly…
How seminary is different from grad. school
In some ways, seminary is graduate-level education in Biblical studies, theology, Church history, ethics, perhaps Biblical languages, and so on. But on today, September 11th, one of the most obvious…
A typical seminary day for me….
Every day at seminary is a little bit different for me due to various worship services and a different class schedule every day, but here is a typical day: 6…
Here’s the class lineup!
I have received several emails from California asking what I’m taking. I waited to respond because Yale has this incredible registration policy called “the shopping period.” Students can enroll tentatively…
A moving tale…
Well, the moving in process has been far more complicated and fraught with problems than I thought. Due to new mortgage and banking regulations, which apparently change by the week,…
We’re in New Haven, but still in a hotel….
Well, I completed my drive across the country with my daughter and my dog (she drove, but the dog didn’t). I had hoped for stunning scenic views in the Western…
The house is sold, so now we need a new home….
Due to a lot of hard work on my daughter’s part and mine, our house is now sold, and so is much of our furniture. We move out of our…
