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This ministry lunch will introduce new students to the library’s writing helps and guides, and present a brief plan for writing research papers for those who could benefit from a refresher.
B111
Join The Scribe Writing Center for a conversation about the role of technology in ministry. Livestreaming, video posts, and podcasts can be effective tools for outreach and accessibility, but how does the loss of physical presence change the nature of ministry? How do we think through the role of technological mediation in our ministry contexts?
Classroom B111 or Livestream
Bring your own lunch and hear the experiences, insights, and lessons learned by Christine Gordon, author/co-founder of the At His Feet Bible Study Series. This is an event in the Scribe Conversation Series, which facilitates community dialogue around using reading and writing habits and practices as aids to our spiritual formation.
Buswell 111 & Livestream
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.
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.
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.
Join The Scribe Writing Center for a 15-minute webinar on study strategies designed to promote long-term retention and nuanced understanding.
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.
Learn practical strategies for reading to understand and respond to an argument. Tackle your next reading assignments equipped to identify primary claims and evaluate evidence.
Dr. David Chapman, Dr. Robbie Griggs, and Professor Jessie Swigart engage in a conversation moderated by Dr. Katie Kinney about the bread and butter of seminary education: reading and writing. What books have affected their lives? How does reading form us? What do you do when writing is difficult? What does reading and writing look like during and after seminary?
Start your next writing project off on the right foot! Join Scribe consultant Stephanie Marx for a 15-minute webinar on planning your research and writing process. Stephanie will be offering tips and guidance for approaching assigned versus open-ended prompts, brainstorming topics, and building a writing outline.
How do you organize your research notes? In this 15-minute webinar, join The Scribe Writing Center for a conversation about developing a system for your note-taking that will help you clarify your thoughts, find what you need from your notes quickly, and maintain an accurate record of sources referenced. We will introduce three systems—one on paper and two on a computer—that you can adapt to suit your needs and preferences.
Join The Scribe Writing Center for a 15-minute online workshop on how to revise a paper.