Browsing the blog archives for June, 2008

12 Jun 08

Latin American Journey: Insights for Christian Education in North America by Robert W. Pazmiño

I would like to draw your attention to one more book on Christian education, this one from the perspective of a North American Hispanic man (my last post highlighted a Christian education book by an African American woman). Robert Pazmiño is a professor of religious education at Andover Newton Theological School, who felt inspired to [...]

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12 Jun 08

Soul Stories: African American Christian Education by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly

Continuing the theme of education from my last several posts, I’d like to take a moment to review a book that explores a particular angle on pedagogy for the African American community. Anne E. Streaty Wimberly’s book, Soul Stories, pays attention to the importance of connecting narratives, what she calls “story-linking.” Specifically, Wimberly suggests that [...]

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12 Jun 08

Many Conversions in Process (Part 2)

In my previous post, I mentioned how I have thought about conversions this quarter. Since it is relevant to my vocation as a scholar and educator, I would like to reflect a little bit on my “intellectual” and “sociopolitical” conversions. I can point to a definitive moment when I had my major moral conversion (see [...]

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11 Jun 08

Many Conversions in Process (Part 1)

I have thought a good deal about conversions this quarter, which I didn’t expect to happen when it began. In my preaching practicum, “Making Doctrine Live,” I was assigned the text of Acts 16:25-34 (conversion of the Philippian jailer) and instructed to relate it to the doctrine of conversion. A few weeks before I was [...]

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11 Jun 08

Dynamics of the Classroom/Congregation

During this quarter, part of the home stretch in my seminary career, I have been thinking about education in the context of a congregation. In “The Congregation as Learning Community,” we’ve been emphasizing a holistic kind of education, using buzzwords like “discipleship” and “missional church.” I came into the class thinking that we’d be mostly [...]

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