Comments on: Why Theological Education Needs to Be Less Like Saab and More Like Fine Cooking…part three http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=51 Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions Thu, 29 May 2014 16:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Molly Lyons http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-22 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:23:01 +0000 http://fwschmidt.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-22 My pastors/friends are reading books called:
Pagan Christianity
Re-imagining Church
George Barna and a theologian collaborate on them.
They may contribute greatly to your discussions.

]]> By: Debbie Low-Skinner http://whatgodwantsforyourlife.com/wordpress/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-21 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:18:26 +0000 http://fwschmidt.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-21 FYI–From msnbc website

Dead car brands
Updated 3:13 p.m. ET, Mon., Feb. 1, 2010

GM signed a deal last week to sell its Saab brand to small Dutch automaker Spyker Cars NV for $74 million in cash plus $326 million worth of preferred shares in Saab. It hinges on a $550 million loan from the European Investment Bank.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35184656

As can be seen in theological education. some seminaries have also been sold off (e.g., SWTS and EDS).

Innovation is important in any business or institution if it is to survive and thrive in the 21st century. Still, as a former member of the Alumni Council of my seminary, I mourn that the focus on formation of future priests seems to have taken a back seat to getting more paying customers in the classrooms (i.e., students who are M.A.s and those seeking advanced Christian education.

One way, I propose, is for the Church could do more to attract more people into pursuing the priesthood/diaconate. Which means revisioning what the roles, compensation, and vocational opportunities are for clergy in the near and distant future.

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