practical wisdom to help seminary students avoid burnout and finish well
Today is Friday, August 29th, 2008
Tony over at Said at Southern noticed our discussion here, and set up a poll on whether all your seminary classes are worthy of your best attention.
I say no. What do you say? Take the poll.
I’m really curious to see the results.
Popularity: 33% [?]
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January 31st, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
Here are the questions you need to ask and answer at the beginning of each class:
1. Will this be among the 20% of most valuable classes, to which I should devote my best energy, or will it be one of the 80% that are (comparatively) low-value?
Many things go into this determination. Some classes you will [...]
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January 30th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
Back to planning your study. Again, I mention that our key idea here is triage. If you have time to devote full attention to every class (and your ministry and your job and your marriage and your health), then knock yourself out. If you’re one of the rest of us who has to let something [...]
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January 28th, 2008 | Mark | 3 comments | Continued
In yesterday’s discussion of savings, Lonnie, our resident finance guru, recommended ING for those looking for places to put the money they save. I love ING. They are a fantastic company, offering a full range of sensible, customer-friendly financial services. Today I want to share more about their Orange Savings account. It earns a ridiculously [...]
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January 25th, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
My friend Lonnie worked in the corporate world for twenty seven years, and then left it behind. Now, he’s living the dream… as a youth pastor! Lonnie is also a financial planner and advisor. I recently sat down with Lonnie over Thai food to talk about seminary students and finances. I’ll be sharing portions of [...]
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January 24th, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
So in order to plan and be responsible for your money, you need to be able to track it well, right?
The easy answer is financial software. I’ve used Quicken for many years, and WOW! does it simplify the process. You can really follow where you money goes, and it doesn’t take that much effort.
But you’re [...]
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January 23rd, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
In seminary, the financial limitations mean that we need to find ways to be romantic on the cheap.
Zen Habits is a blog I enjoy. (BTW, it’s good to occasionally read outside your ideological zone) Leo posts good cheap romance ideas from time to time.
Go here and get an fresh, inexpensive idea for romance this weekend.
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January 22nd, 2008 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
This week I’d like to introduce the general topic of money management for seminary students. This is a huge topic, obviously. There are tons of people, programs, books and blogs dedicated to personal finance. It’s bewildering. I wouldn’t want to compete with them, and I’m definitely not qualified to.
However, it is critically important for seminary [...]
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January 21st, 2008 | Mark | 2 comments | Continued
So if my top 20% of value came in 18 hours of classes, then surely I had a bottom 20%, too?
You bet I did. Here they are:
Old and New Testament (Four classes, 12 hrs) – Here the culprit was poor instructors. I had dithering graduate students for two of the four classes, and a stuffed [...]
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January 17th, 2008 | Mark | 5 comments | Continued
Good thoughts again. Thanks, as always, Mark.
A couple of thoughts I might add in:
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