Hello

My story is a weird one to say the least. My journey has never been a straight path. The path has devastated from where I thought I was going and often turned so sharply it made me dizzy. If you can relate, maybe my story will give you some hope.  

 

I graduated high school in 2011 with some idea of what I wanted to do. At that time I was planning to study Preaching and Pastoral Ministry at a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.  However SEBTS was expensive, so I ended up at a community college in Raleigh called Wake Tech. I did just enough core classes to get me into Southeastern but not enough to get my degree at Wake Tech.

When I finally did attend Southeastern, I was absolutely enthralled by what I was learning. To this day, theology, hermeneutics, homiletics, and scriptural study, captivate my heart and mind with worship. However, seminary was a lot of work. Reading on average was 20 pages per night, per class. We read multiple texts, from multiple religions and then went to chapel twice a week. I also learned that my spirit was not in the best place because of my own personal issues. It took me time to see the truth in my own heart and I did not want to leave Southeastern, but as much as it pained me, I felt like I needed to drop out. So I did. 

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So there I was, six years of college and no degree to show for it. What was I doing and what was I going to do? I decided to return to Wake Tech still with a focus to transfer somewhere, but with the intent to get my associates before I did. I accomplished this in 2019.

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In Spring 2020, I began attending North Carolina Central University, with the idea of getting my BA in Mass Communication. I wanted to do this exclusively to get a degree and go back to Seminary for my Masters. However, as I watched the effects of Covid 19 unfold, I really started to see the power of mass communication come to life. Schools, churches, and business were being forced to learn on the fly what I was studying. I now had to Zoom to my classes and do cyber services on Sundays. The entire educational landscape changed before my eyes, and Mass Com. was being forced to evolve. I stated to realize that this field had to stay on the cutting edge of society in order to keep people connected and I began to wonder if preaching was really where I needed to be.

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As it stands, I still seek to use my skills in some form of ministry but I am not sure preaching is my calling. I foresee religious groups and really most organizations moving to cyber formats and I want to come along side that development and help in any way I can.