There’s a nice list put together at the Baptist Blogger on rules/advice for seminary students. Here are some I particularly liked:
5. Never, ever use an exclamation point for any reason whatsoever.
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17. Serve one year as a professor’s grader. There’s nothing like reading stacks of horrible research papers to teach you how not to write.
Amen. My UNSW Ethics classes have taught me well.
23. Skip chapel most of the time for early lunches off campus with friends. Hooky is liberating.
Now if only our chapels were before lunch…
36. Ask no more than three questions in class per semester.
Need I say anything?
48. Burn at least one textbook in a ceremony of private dissent. Most books on leadership make for good kindling.
How about this one?
Some, however, didn’t quite sit well with me:
14. Find a spot in the library away from high traffic areas and live there between classes. Stay away from the coffee shops. Do not waste your energies rutting with the spring bucks.
Coffee shops are wonderful. Newtown has some good ones.
16. Expand your knowledge base of art, literature, and music. Visit at least one museum a year, and spend the day. Attend a symphony. Read Shakespeare.
Sure. But don’t just be arty. Get into the culture of the people with whom you minister. Compare Mark Driscoll’s advice.
‘I would strongly encourage all pastors and Christian leaders to spend some time familiarizing themselves with the fast-growing sport [Ultimate Fighting] that is capturing millions of young men and ask yourself why.’
A friend suggested that we put a list together for Moore College. Any suggestions?