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President's Column: Attending to Business |
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President's Column
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Written by Dick Bruesehoff, SACEM President
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For many
engaged in the work of lifelong learning and professional continuing education,
this time of year is our “bread and butter” time. We’re engaged, day-by-day, in the business of
lifelong learning. There may be a time
when it was not so, but for each of us, we need to attend to this
business. The expectation placed on many
of our organizations is that they will be at least self-sustaining, if not
profit-generating. Fortunately, many of
us are also finding that the learners we’re working with have become accustomed
to paying for good learning experiences.
The addition of a growing number of people who are not employed by
church organizations, but who are seeking substantial theological education, is
also making it easier to attend to the business. But attend we must.
I want to
encourage you once again to take advantage of the opportunity to “come apart
for a time” that the upcoming SACEM Annual Conference. This is our opportunity to gather with
colleagues for the kind of learning, encouragement and refreshment that we’ve
come to expect from each other.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 January 2008 )
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Interview with Dr. Mary Hess |
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Written by A. Christopher Hammon
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 Dr. Mary Hess
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The 2008 SACEM
Annual
Conference to be held February 15-17 in Columbus, Ohio,
will feature Dr. Mary Hess
as the keynote presenter. Dr. Hess is an Associate Professor of
Educational
Leadership at Luther Seminary and the author of Engaging
Technology in Theological
Education among other books, journal articles, and the blog, Tensegrities. In preparation for
coming together in
conversation at the Annual Conference, we have asked Dr. Hess a few
questions
related to the challenges and opportunities for lifelong learning
providers in
the digital age. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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Reflections from the SACEM Board -- October 2007 |
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President's Column
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Written by Dick Bruesehoff, President
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My spouse and I recently visited a community in which we lived some years ago. We had been anticipating the visit because it was the opportunity to re-connect with some old friends and visit some of those old stompin’ grounds. When we arrived, the first thing we noticed is how much construction had gone on. In fact, we both commented that we weren’t sure where we were for a few minutes. And it led to at least a momentary sensation of disorientation, confusion and fear. Fortunately we quickly identified some of the familiar landmarks, and the disorientation passed. But even those brief moments of confusion and fear were not pleasant. And it made the meetings with each of our long-time friends all the sweeter!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 January 2008 )
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