tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29860408.post4360138745018940923..comments2023-11-26T10:01:30.540-06:00Comments on Barnabas File: "They Sure Didn't Teach Me THAT in Seminary"Barnabas Filehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03635912195437033251noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29860408.post-41890990840694086472009-03-14T12:46:00.000-05:002009-03-14T12:46:00.000-05:00Well put, Ircel. As I have been working on a colu...Well put, Ircel. As I have been working on a column for the <I>Oates Journal</I> on Just-in-Time learning, I have been reminded just how much more important learning to learn is over content. My locus for ministry did not yet exist when I did my initial seminary degree. And in the midst of working on my next project I am in the midst of having to unlearn how I did our last online conference so that it does not hinder my creativity in developing the next. While some of my biblical, theological, and pastoral care studies from seminary provide an occasionally useful foundation; I have even replaced a lot of that over the years as I seek to stay current with what I need to know for what I am doing and who I am connecting with today and tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>I was on a retreat with my clergy peer group recently and this topic came up in conversation. We all echoed this perspective as we reflected on leaving the seminary and moving into ministry. There were three things that we agreed that we wished that we had learned in seminary: (1) how to learn so that we would be prepared to learn what we actually needed to know for doing ministry as our contexts changed (and day one in the first pastorate was a new context). (2) How to take care of ourselves and our families while serving as ministers. (3) How to work as collaborators rather than competitors. So we redesigned seminary educations to better accomplish this.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Chris Hammon<BR/>Wayne E. Oates InstituteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com