Center for Theology, Writing & Media
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Writing forms a constituent practice of the ministry, as integral as prayer and preaching, rather than a tool employed toward other ends. And like prayer and preaching, writing requires a lifetime's commitment to growth and refinement. For the ministry, even more than other professions, words constitute the very terms of our existence; they are the medium in which we exercise both our beliefs and our fears, our power and our contrition. We sustain and transmit our Christian identity through the written word.
The Center for Theology, Writing & Media promotes the role of writing within the life of the church and the formation of its ministry. Through its work, we hope to strengthen theological interpretation, teaching, preaching and communication both at the seminary level and throughout the church.
The Center exists to assist students in the fulfillment of their academic requirements, but it will also be a place where creativity, imagination and innovation take their place alongside the discipline of more basic writing practices. Language should be considered the vibrant wellspring that lies at the heart of the Church, a source to which we must return for inspiration, renewal and transformation.
10 Things You Can Do Now to Help You Get Published Later
by Jana Riess, Acquisitions Editor, Westminster John Knox Press
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