“Every decision involves loss.” While I agree with Dr. Jeff Bjorck, I feel that every decision also involves a type of gain. My decision to pursue my psychological doctorate at Fuller did involve various types of loss (money, time, sleep, etc.), and throughout the past six years....

Relocating from Kenya to the United States two years ago was the hardest thing I have ever done. I left my job, family, and friends and ventured into the unknown. I felt lost and for a while I thought it was a mistake, but God had a plan for me, and Fuller was part of it...

As I passed three very fine seminaries in Atlanta, Georgia, each week on my way to the airport to fly to the west coast to attend Fuller in Pasadena, I often asked (and was asked), "Why?" However, as I come to the close of this season in my life, I now know that Fuller was...

I was always anti-seminary. Being birthed into a Christian family and having associated with church life for so many years, the overexposure to Christianity somehow negated the desire to formalize my theological training. Since making the decision to enter...

During many years of living among Muslims I dreamed about attending Fuller, because of the excellent works written by Fuller professors on that topic. Then came a time when, without family or ministry responsibilities, I could enroll—and I came with huge expectations...

I think of myself as an unlikely candidate to attend seminary, but have discovered there are many journeys that brought my classmates to Fuller. I was raised in a family that did not talk about God. Throughout my life I wished God were real but didn’t trust the experience of...

I am one of those students who stretched a three-year MDiv program into five, and so I am looking forward to graduating this June with a sense of accomplishment and relief. But as I reflect on these past five years of study, work, family, and church involvement, I am glad...

It may be surprising that, though an academic at my core, I think the nurturing of friendships is the most important result of theological education. This is certainly true for me, and I think it’s true of others. Now, such a statement makes more sense when I reveal that I’m...

When my wife and I were returning to the U.S. from living abroad, we felt torn between attending Fuller in Pasadena and being near our family in Northern California. When I found out that Fuller offered a full degree program in the Bay Area, we were overjoyed because we...

I was raised in a Mennonite home, in the Mennonite Church, and attended Mennonite schools from seventh grade through the end of college. I chose to attend Fuller Theological Seminary because of my growing sense of a need for an ecumenical perspective in our...

When I think of my significant experiences at Fuller, there is one common element—people: professors, administrators, students, and staff. Fuller Seminary brings together people from around the world, young and old, from a myriad of Christian faith traditions....

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). Looking back, my Fuller experience has truly been about stepping aside and allowing God (and not me) to set my...