Proposal Hearings

Our proposal hearings have been scheduled for the last week of September in Wilmore, KY. Finally, we have our proposal hearings scheduled at Asbury. Randy’s will be Monday, 24 September 2007 and Joleen’s will be Wednesday, 26 September 2007. We’ll leave following a special, annual gathering of both of our charges (we get to do … Read more

Dissertation Timeline

A thumbnail sketch of the rest of the dissertation journey. We just posted an Adoption Timeline so we thought now we’ll post what the timeline looks like for finishing our dissertations. Our proposal hearings are currently being scheduled at the D.Min. office at Asbury. They’re expected to be in late September. Between now and then … Read more

Adoption Timeline

We’ve been given a general idea about what the timeline for adoption might look like! Earlier this week, we received a response from AIAA, giving some kind of idea about what to expect, in terms of a timeline for the rest of the adoption process. We initiated the process last January with the general expectation … Read more

South Korea

Gathering information on South Korea, the place from where we’re adopting a child. As we posted earlier, We’re on the waiting list for adoption from South Korea. We thought we’d share some links of sites with information about South Korea. Information: NationalGeographic.com US Department of State CIA BBC Travel Guides: Lonely Planet Tour2Korea Also, check … Read more

What’s the Puzzle? 2.0

Defining the puzzle is a good place to start when preparing your talk. In a previous post, I reflected on the question, “What’s the puzzle?” in relation to our dissertation projects. Since then, I’ve been incorporating the question into my sermon prep. I thought I’d say a little about it here for other communicators who … Read more

Lifelong Learning

Leaders value learning. Lifelong learning is essential for leaders. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, says, “All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.” I love to read the book of Proverbs. Once while reading in the CEV, I was surprised by a powerful … Read more

Division

The desire to be recognized drives division in an organization. In preparation for last Sunday’s message, I briefly read 1 Corinthians 11. The chapter begins with a very interesting statement about division. I read it as something of a sarcastic statement by Paul, one of the Church’s premier leaders in the first century. “But, of … Read more