Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Online via Zoom

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Founders 341

Quick Tricks | Doctoral dissertations can be valuable resources for your research or for investigating graduate programs. However, they don’t always pop up when searching in a library catalog or database. Come learn some strategies for finding open access dissertations and see the high quality scholarship that is freely available online.

Classroom B122

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Founders 342

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Online via Zoom

Quick Tricks | The Tait Rare Book Collection houses over 1,000 works from as far back as 1540. The primary focus of the collection is English Puritan works from the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection also contains many works and sermons from early Reformers and others since the Reformation. Come get a tour of the collection and see some examples of the books it contains.

Tait Rare Book Room (lower floor)

Quick Tricks | Although the Movable Stacks—our motorized compact shleving units—generally contain “low use” material, there are some unique and interesting resources stored there that are worth knowing about. Come learn what treasures lie within and be reassured that you will not be crushed!

Classroom B122

Quick Tricks | You’ve engaged with the biblical text and now you’re ready to see what the commentators have to say. Many of the most important commentaries are available in the Reference section, so come learn how to navigate the shelves like a pro! Find out how the commentaries are organized and how to locate the best sources to aid your exegesis.

Meet in Classroom B122

Quick Tricks | The Library’s reference collection can help you get a solid start on any research project. The online reference resources allow you to get started on your research anywhere, anytime. Learn about these key resources and how they can help you with your next research assignment.

Classroom B122

Quick Tricks | The Library staff spent the summer creating some new research guides to help you discover important and interesting resources. Come learn about these new guides and how they can help your research.

Classroom B122

Most people never read poetry, even though the Bible and church services are filled with it. In this talk, Wash U. English professor and Carver Project Executive Director Abram Van Engen will explain why church-goers (and ministry leaders) should read poetry of all kinds regularly and what it can offer to our devotional lives. We will think through theology with poetry and ask what difference poetry makes to the way we do ministry. Lastly, we’ll take a look at a few simple ways to begin reading poetry and understanding it. Lunch provided.

You may know that peer-reviewed journal articles are an important part of the research process. But do you really know what “peer review” is? What difference does consulting peer-reviewed scholarship make to your own research? This workshop will help to improve the quality of your research projects through a better understanding of the production of scholarly sources. It could even help prepare you to publish your own work!

In seminary we are trained to analyze complex ideas and to engage them with precision and nuance and a vocabulary of specialized terms. Then, whether as parents, pastors, children’s ministers, or simply members of a church body, we have little children to disciple. How can we equip ourselves to communicate the Gospel to children? Join the Scribe Writing Center with guests Mark Dalbey, Marian Wandall, Carolanne Zink, and Dan Zink for a panel conversation and Q&A.

Zotero is a free software tool that tracks your research and automates the construction of citations and bibliographies. Come learn how to build a Zotero library, manage your sources, insert citations, and avoid common pitfalls.

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Whether you are graduating in a couple weeks, or graduated long ago, come learn what Library resources are available to alumni and how to access them from wherever you are.

Join The Scribe Writing Center for an online conversation with CTS alumna Sarah Viggiano Wright. Teacher, speaker, counselor, and writer, Sarah recently published A Living Hope: A Study of 1 Peter and contributed to Co-Laborers, Co-Heirs: A Family Conversation, Christ in the Time of Corona, and Beneath the Cross of Jesus: Lenten Reflections. We’ll be talking with her about how writing became part of her ministry and how she has been challenged and grown by the experience. Do you expect writing and communication to be part of your ministry? Then this conversation is for you! The hour-long event will conclude with an audience Q&A.

Zotero is a free software tool that tracks your research and automates the construction of citations and bibliographies. Come learn how to build a Zotero library, manage your sources, insert citations, and avoid common pitfalls.

Getting started on a new research topic isn’t always easy. A good reference tool can jump-start your work. Come learn about the online reference tools provided by the Library that you can access from anywhere at any time, and how they can help your research and writing.

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Join The Scribe Writing Center for a 15-minute webinar on study strategies designed to promote long-term retention and nuanced understanding.

Sermons, Bible lessons, exegetical papers, devotions… The Bible is central to seminary and to ministry, so let’s explore how to find great resources for studying God’s Word. How do I pick the best biblical commentaries? How do I find journal articles on a passage? This workshop will equip you to use the key resources.

Enhance your training and inform your practice with high-quality resources provided by the library. This workshop will introduce you to some research tools, materials, and strategies for the study of counseling and psychology.

You may have heard about avoiding passive sentences. But, do you know why? Trade in your tired adjectives, your over-worked adverbs, and your boring “to be” verbs for sentences that say more with less. Join The Scribe Writing Center for this 15 workshop on revising your sentences for clarity and precision.

Join The Scribe Writing Center for a faculty panel discussion of insecurity and academic performance. This will be an opportunity to talk about how students may experience the challenges of seminary. Some may struggle with a lack of mentors and models of how a person like them approaches training for ministry, some may struggle with shame and feelings of inadequacy, and some may fear criticism as they pursue their studies. If this sounds familiar, this conversation is for you. Come to learn how to encourage one another and to be equipped to respond with wisdom when feelings of not belonging occur.