Archive for Archive for March, 2008
“nothing definitive”
I just got home from an interesting small conference at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center at Ohio State, “Life Long Learning - Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age,” sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry” or SACEM. Keynote speaker for the conference was Dr. Mary Hess from Luther […]
New Assets for Educating Congregational Leaders
Alban Weekly feature article, March 17, 2008
Wayne Whitson Floyd, Education Department Manager
Depending on whom you ask, continuing-education for ministry is either flourishing, with assets that have never existed before, or struggling to survive.
Troubling symptoms include increasing costs amidst anecdotal reports of decreasing support for staff and programs sponsored both by seminaries and by national […]
The Lazarus Coaching Model
A Life Coach Thought for the Lent & Easter Seasons:
One of my favorite stories from John’s gospel is the raising of Lazarus from the dead (chapter 11). Using this story as a metaphor for what we do as coaches, we see Jesus as a Life Coach modeling three things for us […]