I hate applying for scholarships. How many times can you write the same 1,000 word essay? And yet, somehow, each scholarship seems to demand a new, fresh essay. Simply repurposing an already written essay never works, at least not without twice as much effort as a fresh essay would require. You would think that there are only so many ways to ask the same question, and yet every scholarship committee seems to find their own unique twist. Then there’s the word limit. “In one thousand words sum up the entire Christian faith being sure to touch on all major aspects of Christology, ecclesiology, soteriology, epistemology, history, exegesis, worship, Luther, Calvin, Augustine, and Barth. Make sure to clearly articulate your call while especially highlighting how you plan to achieve ecumenical unity, and world peace.”
The other problem is the specificity of most of the scholarships out there for Seminary. Unless you are a Pilipino male, who tragically lost your right knee cap in an animal stampede, currently living in Loving County Texas, and planning on serving the Presbyterian Church in Alaska for 15 years, there really aren’t many scholarships you can even apply for, let along win.
Luckily for you, once you enter seminary, you’ll find that 90 percent of the scholarships you don’t even qualify for and the other 10 percent that you do qualify for require you to write one of those dreaded essays mentioned above. Luckily the folks at Logos Bible software have been kind enough to start a scholarship for Seminarians easy to apply for. It took me no longer than 15 minutes.
1 comment:
Yes! This is an awesome post Craig! Finally one that I can understand...except all of the crap you are supposed to write about in your 1,000 words. You probably won't get the Seminary Scholarship from Logos cause the guy on the website has darker hair....sorry...you don't qualify.
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