PERRLA, My Old Friend
It comes as no surprise to UOP students that weekly papers make up much of the course content and assessment tools. It has gotten to the point where I can write about 1000-1500 words in only a few hours provided my thoughts are clear, resources handy, and tools working the right way.
When I switched to [...]
Year 3 Residency – Day 1.5
Mid way through day 2 we are complete with the first round of case study presentations and being asked to reflection our participation and expectations in the case study assignment.
What worked well for me in our assignment was the equal caliber of quality and excellence amongst the team members. This was exhibited in diligence and [...]
Day 22 – Created to Become Like Christ
Picking up with the journey…
Today’s devotional reading discusses the pathway to becoming godly. Before getting to the Point and Question for the reading, I wanted to talk about one element of the reading regarding the God’s interest in what we are not what we do.
In the world of corporate training and business betterment strategies we [...]
To the President and Congress, with Concern:
I just got my book back and will keep up with the journey with purpose shortly. I, like many of you, are concerned about the financial health of my family, my region, and my country. My concern has prompted a new flurry of eMails and calls to representatives to fix our problems the right way [...]
Cell Phones in Airports
I am sitting here in a major airport waiting for my flight. I cam early so I could ensure my safe passage through the questionable searches and siezures of TSA and now I sit at my gate. I travel frequently for my work and have the opportunity to people watch a lot. I’ve noticed an [...]
Day 21 – Protecting Your Church
I had a hard time identifying with this chapter in terms of protecting a church but the lessons apply to just about anything important. Warren focuses in in the reading on reasons I have left the church and feel that it is a hindrance to my own brand of worship. However, Warren also calls on [...]
Day 20 – Restoring Broken Fellowship
Warren talks about the flipside of creating fellowship to work with the idea of repairing broken ones. This was an interesting chapter because it relates directly to what I feel is one of my drivers. Warren illustrates that resotring broken fellowships is a command and not a nice thing to do. It demonstrates forgiveness and [...]
Day 19 – Cultivating Community
Today’s devotional expands yesterday’s discussion life as a small group. Warren addresses the common criticisms of churches as places devoid of real community. This is a primary reason I hesitate about joining a congregation that merely goes through the motions and then reverts to ugly human behavior once the doors open again.
Warren talks about turning [...]
Day 18 – Experiencing Life Together
On Day 17, Warren advised to find a church to join and become a part of a larger community of believers. Today’s devotional talks about joining a fellowship of faith, a smaller group of people joined together by a tighter knitting than a church congregation.
The concept here is that we are intended to be joined [...]
Catching up with the Journey
I will readily admit to you all that I set the book aside for the last few days. A lot of things from the first 17 days came to pass for me. I opted out of some service obligations that were distracting to my purpose and out of alignment with what needs to be done. [...]