Category: Pastoral Life
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The New Introvert- or rather "Net-rovert"
“It requires more work on the part of networked individuals to make their way successfully in an always-on, quickly moving world, and a new set of norms and skills-just as the transition from rural, agrarian life to urban, industrial life required.” In his book, NetSmart, How to Thrive Online, Howard…
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Collective Learning and Cohorts- A new way to Mastering Divinity
“As the name implies, it is a collection of people, skills, and talent that produces a result greater than the sum of its parts.” In their book, A New Culture of Learning, Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown take on the idea of learning in a ‘world of constant change’.…
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Syria, Anthony Weiner and 9/11… what a combo
Even for those not from New York, we all know who Anthony Weiner is. Who hasn’t heard the news of the talented young politician who screwed himself over when he decided to be unfaithful to his wife through sex-ting…twice. As you all know, he lost his bid for election in…
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The Hopeful Side of Experience
The other day I posted about how experience and being ‘connected’ are two very different things on the internet. Although I meant every word of what I said, there is another side to the story, a side that I like to call hopefulness. The sunny side. I live my life…
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Does connection mean experience?
Well I am “connected”, does that count?I tweet, I am on facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, classmates, Skype, and cafe-mom to name a fewI have learned by blackboard on tiger-tracks, on myluthernet and more with classmates in Turkey, Norway, Australia and China.I blog on blogger, yelp, and google+. I share books and…
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Do I know something new?
A couple years ago, I read this competency for my Ed I class as a new seminary student: Familiar with basic faith nurture and learning theories: faith development over the life cycle, multiple intelligences, constructivist learning design (eg Parker Palmer’s community of truth model), developmental learning principles, cross cultural learning,…
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Being Less Perfect, More Human, Hope…. and M.E.
Don’t get me wrong. There are days, where no one can do right, nothing goes right and the world is against me. Those days remind me of a song my mom used to sing to me when I was in those moods. Of course, I just looked up the lyrics…
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What does real love look like? Seminary, Cohorts and M.E.
What does love with forbearance and forgiveness look like? What does love lived with passion and open eyes look like? Can the two be one? My cohort may never forgive me for this one, but I pray they ‘get’ it… In fact, I am pretty sure they will. In my…
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What Happens After? Sermon for August 25, 2013
Luke 13: 10-17 Cinderella got her Prince Charming. So did Snow White, Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Juliette. The problem is that is always where the story ends. I much prefer the Shrek storyline. (hands on who has seen this one… if your hand is not up, I will see you…
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Invisible Sacrifices and M.E.
In her books, Madeleine L’Engle often speaks of that which we cannot see with the naked eye. Things that are amazing to behold and stunning in their purpose and presence. We take them for granted and forget how they impact our lives. When speaking of faith, someone once said that…
Mistress of Divinity 