Posts Tagged ‘marriage’

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    A Word to Seminary Wives
    Guys, now’s the time when you go, make your wife a cup of tea, take the kids outside, and let her curl up on the couch with this blog. You’ll be glad you did. I am so thankful for the unique opportunity of simultaneously being a seminary student and a seminary wife at the same time. Occasionally this feels a bit odd. At Multnomah there is a Student Wives...
    by Kari Patterson at June 2nd, 2008 at 01:06 am
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    Transitioning one’s soul to finish the day well
    This post was written by Jeff of deTheos. Jeff is married to Kari and they have a son, Dutch. Jeff is currently attending Multnomah Biblical Seminary. This year marks five years of marriage for my wife Kari and I; and three years in seminary, as students together. We have enjoyed every season of it, yet at times the various schedules of work and seminary life have collided...
    by W. Ryan Burns at March 26th, 2008 at 01:03 am
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    Transitioning one's soul to finish the day well
    This post was written by Jeff of deTheos. Jeff is married to Kari and they have a son, Dutch. Jeff is currently attending Multnomah Biblical Seminary. This year marks five years of marriage for my wife Kari and I; and three years in seminary, as students together. We have enjoyed every season of it, yet at times the various schedules of work and seminary life have collided...
    by W. Ryan Burns at March 26th, 2008 at 01:03 am
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    Date Night
    I once had a pastor who had the Rule of 7: Every 7 days take your wife on a date Every 7 weeks take your wife on a weekend get-away Every 7 months take your wife on a week’s vacation Now, that sounds all good-and-well but my mental calculator (crummy as it may be) added that up to EXPENSIVE. So, what are we to do? Before I go into how Just a Gal and I do date night,...
    by W. Ryan Burns at March 14th, 2008 at 01:03 am
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    Seminary Orientation
    I’m 30 years old… the last time I went to an orientation for school was… 12 years ago. Today is new student orientation at my seminary and me and Just a Gal will be heading over to campus while Just a Brother watches the Little Man and Sweet Pea (a funny blog post in its own right, I’m sure). After orientation tomorrow, it is GO time… my...
    by W. Ryan Burns at February 4th, 2008 at 06:02 am
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    Tough transition day
    My heart broke today. I walked into the kitchen to fix some lunch and saw my wife crying… enough said, right? I walked up and simply held her. “I’m sad,” she said through her tears. “I miss my friends.” There wasn’t much to say except that I understood and that I wished I could make things easier… but I can’t. I...
    by W. Ryan Burns at January 28th, 2008 at 05:01 pm
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    Date Night, Marathons, and Seminary… huh?
    Just a Gal is a runner. She loves to run… Me, not so much… Last night was date night and I took Just a Gal out to see Spirit of the Marathon. Chronicling the lives of 6 individuals preparing to run in the 2006 Chicago Marathon, the movie takes a look into the motivation, drive, and training necessary to complete the grueling task of running 26.2 miles. As...
    by W. Ryan Burns at January 25th, 2008 at 09:01 am
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    Advice for families going to seminary
    While scouring the internet today for more information to help us all on our seminary journeys I stumbled across a great post on tHe Resurgence (not to be confused with theresurgence.com). The post, Advice for Seminary Students with Families (& Full-Time Jobs) give 17 spot-on nuggets of wisdom for the family seminarian. While you should check out Colin’s site,...
    by W. Ryan Burns at November 3rd, 2007 at 10:11 am
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    Buy one get one free
    So, are you married? Does your spouse want to get his or her degree as well? There might be a great opportunity available for you. Many seminaries offer the spouse of full time students the opportunity to attend the seminary at no charge at all! Now, this is really an amazing offer. The catch is often that the spouse my “audit” classes for free. That just...
    by W. Ryan Burns at November 2nd, 2007 at 03:11 pm