The following article is something our Relocation Coordinator, Marsha Zimmerman, just wrote for the Sem Wives newsletter. It’s addressing them as the time approaches when many of them will be heading out with their husbands either for their calls or vicarage placements. But she offers some terrific practical counsel that would also apply [...]
Tagged CTS, moving, relocation, Seminary, StressThis is an article from our Pilgrimage admission newsletter from several years ago, but the counsel is as fresh as today.
As Relocation Coordinator, I work with many new seminary couples, assisting them with information on housing, schools for their children, and job possibilities. During these times, and when we have guest visitations, I hear apprehension [...]
The majority of our seminary students are married second-career men. They come from all walks and from every state. Deciding to make a major life change to come to the seminary is never easy. But nothing is impossible. And the devoted staff of Concordia Theological Seminary are here to help you. [...]
Tagged CTS, LCMS, Lutheran Church, Pastoral Ministry, relocation, Seminary
Rev. Stiegemeyer asked me to come in as a guest writer and write a bit about depression, mental illness and the pastoral office. Welcome to my world.
Clinical depression is one of the fastest growing and most common illnesses in our country. It affects over 19 million Americans, and yet often goes undiagnosed and untreated, [...]
But What about Me? Help and Hope for Women Whose Husbands are Considering the Pastoral Ministry
by Julie Stiegemeyer
“Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. …So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went [...]
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