Time Management

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My Crummiest Classes

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 [...]

January 17th, 2008 | Mark | 5 comments | Continued
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Classes Worth Taking

The reasons for the value of a class can vary widely. Some factors can be: High-value books as part of assigned reading High-value lectures – good information High-value assignments which help you learn critical skills High-value professors whose teaching, life and/or personal example are impactful If the 80/20 principle holds true, then the highest value [...]

January 15th, 2008 | Mark | 5 comments | Continued
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Some Classes Stink, or Introducing Mr. Pareto

After you’ve chosen a degree, you need to plan your study within your degree curriculum. To do that, we’ll use the 80/20 Principle. The 80/20 Principle, also known as Pareto’s Law, is an incredibly powerful tool for time and priority management, with thousands of uses. The reality, for instance, that 80% of the work in [...]

January 14th, 2008 | Mark | 6 comments | Continued
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Which degree should I get?

Since planning your study is your responsibility (not your seminary’s), then the first level of planning is to choose your degree program wisely. The M. Div. is the standard ministry degree, but it also takes 3 ½ – 4 years or more to complete. By comparison, many seminaries offer shorter Master of Arts in biblical [...]

January 8th, 2008 | Mark | 6 comments | Continued
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Time to Get Back in the Saddle: Plan Your Study

Is the break over already? I expect most of you are getting back into the groove of studies, whether tackling a J-term or starting the Winter semester. Time to get back in the saddle. So in honor of that, I’ll be posting some thoughts on planning your study. Here’s an introduction: Plan your study If [...]

January 7th, 2008 | Mark | 1 comment | Continued
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Seminary DOES prepare you for ministry

Let’s start by stating the obvious. If you go to seminary you should learn the Bible, Christian doctrine, ethics, church history, Greek and Hebrew. This is really important work, the very heart of ministry preparation. There are things people serving in ministry need to know, and know well. Ignorant Christians in leadership are an embarrassment [...]

December 7th, 2007 | Mark | 0 comments | Continued
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You must learn triage

Triage (`tree-ozh), from French, “to sort.” 1. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated. 2. A system used to allocate a scarce [...]

December 1st, 2007 | Mark | 7 comments | Continued
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