Our Seminary Team met this afternoon for some team building. Our director of online education, Brian Westnedge, kicked things off with a 90’s throwback tune:
I love my job. And, in case you’re wondering, Brian has all four verses memorized.
Ever have a flash of inspiration that leads to rejection? It happens to me fairly regularly. The inspiration and rejection. Yet, sometimes inspiration leads to a breakthrough. One of my roles as Dean of the Seminary entails finding course instructors. This is quite a task for a school that relies heavily on adjuncts to teach…
Here’s something you might be interested in: Briercrest Seminary is excited to announce specialized courses for everyone, and discounted tuition (or free coaching!) for those who have never taken a Briercrest College or Seminary course before. Our goal is simple: we want to expand the reach of Briercrest Seminary, making it easy and affordable for pastors…
I’ve been preoccupied. Overwhelmed is perhaps a more fitting term. So, for those who follow my blog, I apologize for my absence. Just over a month ago I accepted an offer of employment from Briercrest College and Seminary as seminary dean and assistant professor. It’s sort of a dream come true. The same week my…
Here’s a great opportunity: The Canadian Thriving Multivocational Ministry project (CTMM) offers free online counselling to people who are multivocational and work in ministry, and to their immediate family members. The CTMM is a funded 5-year project that is a partnership between Briercrest College and Seminary and New Leaf Network to support multivocational leaders by…
Last month I wrote a blog post about how I was reading Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age for a conference paper proposal I was writing. Last week I submitted the proposal and I hope to hear back by the end of the month about whether it will be accepted. If accepted, I’ll be presenting the…
Back in the summer I was trying to figure out a way for Co-Vocational Canada to be sustainable. As you may be aware, Co-Vocational Canada is a ministry of Briercrest Seminary that has been funded by a generous grant from the Lilly Foundation through the Pathways for Tomorrow phase 2 initiative. Our funding is set to…