{"id":5469,"date":"2010-02-04T15:22:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/02\/mid-life-seminary-move.html"},"modified":"2010-02-04T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:22:33","slug":"mid-life-seminary-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/02\/mid-life-seminary-move.html","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Life Seminary Move?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/Q-4117.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/Q-thumb-250x369-4117.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"369\" alt=\"Q.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>One of our readers is well-employed and competent, but is now considering a mid-life change to attend seminary and pursue &#8212; well, he&#8217;s not sure if it will lead to church ministry or possible academia. He&#8217;s asked to open this up to the Jesus Creed blog community &#8230; so what do you think?<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;d be interested to hear from Jesus Creed readers who made a career change to attend seminary in mid-life. &nbsp;What prompted you to make the change? &nbsp;Did you have a certain &#8220;calling&#8221; to vocational ministry? &nbsp;How did you manage the family and financial issues? &nbsp;What seminary did you attend, and why? &nbsp;Where did you land afterwards? I&#8217;d also be interested to hear from folks who&#8217;ve made time to study theology without fully changing careers. &nbsp;How did you integrate that study with other aspects of your life? &nbsp;What made you decide not to pursue vocational ministry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our readers is well-employed and competent, but is now considering a mid-life change to attend seminary and pursue &#8212; well, he&#8217;s not sure if it will lead to church ministry or possible academia. He&#8217;s asked to open this up to the Jesus Creed blog community &#8230; so what do you think? 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