{"id":1434,"date":"2017-10-09T11:19:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2018-02-16T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T19:35:59","slug":"student-spotlight-morgan-deboer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/student-spotlight-morgan-deboer\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight- Morgan DeBoer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morgan DeBoer<\/strong> is\u00a0beginning her first semester studies at ACU’s Graduate School of\u00a0Theology, pursuing master degrees in both Christian Ministry (MACM) and in Social Work (MSSW). She is\u00a0originally from Council Bluffs,\u00a0Iowa and graduated from York College, where she earned an undergrad degree in English.<\/p>\n

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Where you have seen God working recently?<\/b><\/p>\n

I had not considered a formal degree in theology or ministry until recently, so the decision to begin this program was in several ways an uncertain one. But now that I am here, and immer<\/span>sed in my classes, I know that there is no place I would rather be, and nothing in the world I would rather be lear<\/span>ning about. So I can’t help but wonder how God may have been at work this past year in ways I didn’t understand. <\/span><\/p>\n

What made you decide to do a MACM & MSSW?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

There are some fairly broken contexts that I wanted to serve in, but I felt that I wouldn’t be truly equipped to do so without deeper training in discipleship, and a deeper understanding of God. So when I saw that ACU offered both a MACM and a MSSW degree, I was interested in how that might allow God to mold both my heart, and my skillset.<\/p>\n

What would you like to do in the future\/what do you feel is your calling? <\/b><\/p>\n

I am somewhat of a vocational disaster, and wouldn’t say that I have ever sensed a clear calling. But that is one reason (among many) that I am grateful to be part of the GST, where it looks like I’ll have the opportunity to flesh out vocational direction with great teachers, mentors, and fellow students by my side. <\/span><\/p>\n

Is grad school like what you had originally expected? If not, how is it different?<\/b> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I think before coming, I equated graduate school theology professor with untouchable magic wizard, so the accessibility of GST faculty caught me a little off-guard at first. The professors here are not only ten times cooler than any wizard but are clearly committed to GST students, challenging us in the classroom and engaging with us outside the classroom. Within my first two weeks I met several through church, GST hosted events, and my Mentor Group, and on all occasions they were so encouraging, asking about my move to Abilene, and reminding me they were glad I was here. So I am not exactly sure what I expected, but I am so grateful for what I have found.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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