It gave me great joy back in the summer when my doctoral degree alma mater, Biblical Theological Seminary, contacted me to see if I’d be interested in teaching part time in their program for international students. I would be instructing them about theological reading and writing in English, using some of my own writing as a backdrop.
Biblical has been a favorite destination for ministers and ministry candidates from other countries, especially South Korea, to come and prepare for theological studies in English. Sometimes, though, they need extra help to be able to express themselves in their second language.
It’s been a real pleasure to teach two groups of Korean students from diverse backgrounds. Their courage in coming to a new country to study inspires me. I know how I would feel were I to step away from the comforts of my home and language to enter a school in unfamiliar territory. These are accomplished men and women who humble themselves before those who set out to teach them what they already know; they are adept at theology and ministry, just not in English or in America.
Many of them are here because they feel indebted to America for sending the first Christian missionaries to their country a little over a hundred years ago. Now they want to give back. Hopefully, I can help equip them for their amazing journeys.
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