The distinguished contributors to this volume - ministers, scholars, and theological educators - share personal reflections on the sometimes-difficult transition from being a seminarian to becoming a minister. Based on their own life experiences, they address the two related but different "worlds" of theological school and ministry setting, each with its own set of expectations, values, challenges, focal points, and rewards.

Contributors: Wallace M. Alston Jr.
Ray S. Anderson
M. Craig Barnes
Elizabeth F. Caldwell
Allan Hugh Cole Jr.
Pamela D. Couture
Kathy Dawson
Carrie Doehring
Michael Jinkins
L. Gregory Jones
Susan Pendleton Jones
James F. Kay
Cleophus J. LaRue
Thomas G. Long
Loren B. Mead
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Earl F. Palmer
Stephanie Paulsell
Anthony B. Robinson
Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer
Theodore J. Wardlaw
Traci C. West
William H. Willimon
J. Philip Wogaman
Karen Marie Yust