Now I know my A-B-Cs

Augustana, Berkeley, and Chicago, that is.

It's the last weekend I will spend in Berkeley, California, before moving to Chicago to launch into life as a full-time, full-fledged seminarian. This comes after seven years at Augustana College (both as student and staff) a summer session at Luther Seminary, eight weeks of intensive Greek at Pacific Lutheran Seminary, and lots of encouragement by countless people.

This blog is for you. Many of you have no idea what seminary might be like; some of you have a good idea what seminary at the Minnesotan "mothership" is like and might appreciate another view. I am grateful for all of you and hope this turns out to be a good way of staying connected and keeping me mindful of the goal I'm working toward.

I also hope this blog turns out to be useful to people who are considering whether seminary and ministry are for them. I expect it to be a wonderful and challenging experience, and I'll do my best to help you get a sense of it by sharing some stories from my coursework, the seminary community, and the city of Chicago.

For now, however, the "alpha, beta, chi"s call my name.