Just over 1 year ago I started a D.Min program at George Fox Seminary in Portland. Now I don’t live anywhere near Portland so most of the program is online. Our cohort is made up of 18 students from all over the world. There are about 6 of us from the west coast, quite a few from the midwest and Canada and two from Africa. We meet every Monday morning with our professor Len Sweet for an hour long chat on a book we have been reading. Then throughout the week we read and post on some discussion boards. Once a year we travel up to Portland for 5 days of class. So much of what we are learning this year come from our interactions as we talk about how we do ministry in our context. I’ve really enjoyed the program.
Yesterday four of us met for dinner here in California. It was great to get to be with those guys. Three of us live pretty close and another friend was down for business. This model works and I would recommend it at the D.Min level.
Now if I can just talk someone into writing my dissertation. Don’t they sell those in the back of Rolling Stone?
