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medical myths & academic progress
Dec. 21st, 2007 08:51 ami thought this was really neat.
the paper is done at a full 10 pages. i got 3 hours of sleep, but it is done. i am still hoping they let us off work early today so that i can go over it for editing before i have to e-mail it in, but at least it is written.
i am worried that i don't talk enough about the stuff we studied in class.
but here's my problem.
they want a personal narrative.
they want me to answer 4 questions: what is God up to? what is my role as a missional church leader? how have my experiences with jesus prepared me for that role? and what is the role of the church in missio dei?
AND they want me to cite class readings and notes as much as possible.
my answers to these questions have very little to do with the texts we read. i can say how i'm going to use the skills and concepts we studied in class - but not in the context of a church, because unlike just about everyone there, i'm going to be working outside the church. and while i might end up in a lay leadership position, i am currently what the class would call an "inside stranger" in my congregation, which essentially means i attend, but i have no power to enact change. i am not one of the people actually running things who gets consulted on what happens. i could do an analysis of my childhood church from the perspective of the texts...but that isn't what they asked for and doesn't answer the questions they asked.
so i did what i could in terms of tying my story into class texts. i'm just worried that it isn't enough.
the paper is done at a full 10 pages. i got 3 hours of sleep, but it is done. i am still hoping they let us off work early today so that i can go over it for editing before i have to e-mail it in, but at least it is written.
i am worried that i don't talk enough about the stuff we studied in class.
but here's my problem.
they want a personal narrative.
they want me to answer 4 questions: what is God up to? what is my role as a missional church leader? how have my experiences with jesus prepared me for that role? and what is the role of the church in missio dei?
AND they want me to cite class readings and notes as much as possible.
my answers to these questions have very little to do with the texts we read. i can say how i'm going to use the skills and concepts we studied in class - but not in the context of a church, because unlike just about everyone there, i'm going to be working outside the church. and while i might end up in a lay leadership position, i am currently what the class would call an "inside stranger" in my congregation, which essentially means i attend, but i have no power to enact change. i am not one of the people actually running things who gets consulted on what happens. i could do an analysis of my childhood church from the perspective of the texts...but that isn't what they asked for and doesn't answer the questions they asked.
so i did what i could in terms of tying my story into class texts. i'm just worried that it isn't enough.
