What to Expect in Seminary: Theological Education as Spiritual Formation

In What to Expect in Seminary, Virginia Samuel Cetuk looks at
the various facets of theological education -- the call to ministry, classroom
learning, community life, field education, financial realities, time-management
challenges -- through the lens of spiritual formation. In each chapter she
challenges readers to view the particular topic as an avenue to spiritual growth
instead of as an obstacle to the same. Offering readers the conceptual tool of
reframing, she draws upon psychology, Scripture, and her many years' experiences in
theological education to help readers see both the challenges and the rich
opportunities of theological education related to ministry and spiritual
formation.