The Rev. Wendy J. Miller MA 鈥�91 (church leadership) may have been short in stature and soft in voice, but her influence loomed large, say those close to her. 鈥淪he had a ... read more about In Memoriam: Wendy Miller MA 鈥�91, professor emerita, established spiritual formation program at seminary
The Reverend Meredith McNabb is director of the United Methodist Church Virginia Conference鈥檚 Center for Clergy Excellence, and she isn鈥檛 afraid to poke a little fun at the grandiose-ness of ... read more about Seminary conference gives space to brokenness, ‘kintsugi clergy’ and ministry in a polarized society
The ministry model of clay jars can take several twists: Are ministers cracked pots? Crackpots? Broken vessels? Is their work 鈥� to use another Biblical metaphor 鈥� but the sowing ... read more about Seminary’s School for Leadership Training 鈥楤roken Vessels, Thriving Pastor鈥� slated for January
鈥淢inistry鈥� can take many forms and happen in many contexts: preaching and pastoral care in a church, yes, but also serving firefighters, pursuing restorative justice, leading music and offering spiritual ... read more about New seminary degree trains leaders for ever-broadening spectrum of roles and contexts
The Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation at Eastern Mennonite Seminary from June 19-30 provides training for those interested in individual spiritual direction and congregational spiritual formation. It also gives participants ... read more about Seminary hosts the Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation June 19-30
鈥淪ome of us are more knowledgeable about what is happening with people 6,000 miles away, people we鈥檝e never met, than what is happening with our neighbors,鈥� said Professor David Evans ... read more about School for Leadership Training addresses pastoral responses to a racialized and divided America
Congregations must grapple with the contentious times in which we live. Eastern Mennonite Seminary鈥檚 2017 School for Leadership Training (SLT) will speak to divisions of race, power, privilege and ideology鈥攁nd ... read more about ‘We don’t want differences to keep us apart’: School for Leadership Training focuses on connecting across divisiveness
With natural and man-made disasters on the collective minds of many students and faculty, Eastern Mennonite Seminary dean Michael King provided some assurance in his opening convocation address. 鈥淲ill we ... read more about With the ageless theme of finding hope in times of fear, seminary convocation opens new academic year
The Pew Research Center made news with its 2012 report that the fastest growing U.S. 鈥渄enomination鈥� was the 鈥淣ones,鈥� the 鈥渞eligiously unaffiliated鈥� who answer 鈥渘one of the above鈥� when asked ... read more about School for Leadership Training to challenge churches to consider the ‘nones’
Participants in the 2014 School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary did not tiptoe for three days around the 鈥渆lephant in the room鈥� 鈥� that is, the anguish felt ... read more about Worship in acknowledgment of the “elephant in the room”