Being a Life Group Leader & Befriending Team Leader etc, I am hoping to be more efficient not only to get things done, most importantly is to see that the members be rooted In Christ and equipping them to be ready for God’s ministry. As much as we want to let them learn, their respond can be just lukewarm. In this “Learning in Christian Community” class, though we learn quite a few big terms in theory but I also do a lot of soul searching and brain storming. Bro Francis shared that “we need to learn to unlearn to relearn” which I want to give him a high five. Yes, indeed I may sub-consciously resist improving or to change or not knowing there is a need to change. So are my cell members or the people whom I minister to. The article by Graham Cheesman on Making Wine caught my attention. Indeed, I would be moved by someone’s compassion and care, secondly, work out together to identify the cause of the problem and direct me into meeting the need. It resulted in life transformation that I wish to share with many others the joy inside me.
What makes me a happy learner?
Being an adult, yes, a combination of instruction, construction and co-construction paradigms allows me to learn, explore to learn and exchange and share to learn with view of others. I need to adopt the Meta-learning where I’ve to know what I am learning for allows me to be more aware the progress and in control of it. With Collaborative learning, explain with associating with something, can help me relate, reflect and remember better. So, to identify my need and purpose to learn can be a good head start for me.
What can help me convert the learned knowledge or belief into value?
Even by putting myself with the community that practices it or initiates to practice it can be too big a term to me to live it out. Church has been sending us to talks hoping that we can use it to serve but how many percent of what we learned is up and running? Bro Casey shared the A(agency must be strong as in collective decision, action and interdependence), B(belonging), C(cohesion in working together) & D(diversity where we can embrace others differences and unite to form a body) model do help me to be more practical, lessen frustration and disappointment. I tend to fail or fall out when I overstate my expectation without preparing for the unexpected. But again, I’ll never make good progress as my blind area can be my obstacles. The Johari Window model can help do my blind spot checked with feedback check from people I closely knitted with.
What practices can sustain me in a Christian community?
Yes, why sustain me and not others? Matt 7:12 “...do to others what you would have them do to you..” So, by knowing what sustained me in a community, I will know what to do to others. Christine D. Pohl stressed on the practice of truthfulness and hospitality and keeping promises and show gratitude. Of which, I would choose to share here about the challenges of being truthful. The statement “to speak the truth in love” in real scenario may cause our friendship even fidelity is track and motive of doing it is check beforehand. Therefore, I must not disagree if someone who comes to tell me something what he or she claimed to be speaking the truth, I should learn to pray over it as I may not agree with the spoken truth on the spot. Trust that God will vindicate the truth telling messenger at His timing.
Bro Casey also prompted that we must know who we are in God’s plan and we are members that are of one body in Christ with different function citing Romans 12:3-5. Indeed I am called to be ambassador of Christ, how could I not participate in the community? I must have faith that being heir to our heavenly father, He can strengthen me so that I can live it out instead of enslaved by my own narrow mindset.
What makes me a happy learner?
Being an adult, yes, a combination of instruction, construction and co-construction paradigms allows me to learn, explore to learn and exchange and share to learn with view of others. I need to adopt the Meta-learning where I’ve to know what I am learning for allows me to be more aware the progress and in control of it. With Collaborative learning, explain with associating with something, can help me relate, reflect and remember better. So, to identify my need and purpose to learn can be a good head start for me.
What can help me convert the learned knowledge or belief into value?
Even by putting myself with the community that practices it or initiates to practice it can be too big a term to me to live it out. Church has been sending us to talks hoping that we can use it to serve but how many percent of what we learned is up and running? Bro Casey shared the A(agency must be strong as in collective decision, action and interdependence), B(belonging), C(cohesion in working together) & D(diversity where we can embrace others differences and unite to form a body) model do help me to be more practical, lessen frustration and disappointment. I tend to fail or fall out when I overstate my expectation without preparing for the unexpected. But again, I’ll never make good progress as my blind area can be my obstacles. The Johari Window model can help do my blind spot checked with feedback check from people I closely knitted with.
What practices can sustain me in a Christian community?
Yes, why sustain me and not others? Matt 7:12 “...do to others what you would have them do to you..” So, by knowing what sustained me in a community, I will know what to do to others. Christine D. Pohl stressed on the practice of truthfulness and hospitality and keeping promises and show gratitude. Of which, I would choose to share here about the challenges of being truthful. The statement “to speak the truth in love” in real scenario may cause our friendship even fidelity is track and motive of doing it is check beforehand. Therefore, I must not disagree if someone who comes to tell me something what he or she claimed to be speaking the truth, I should learn to pray over it as I may not agree with the spoken truth on the spot. Trust that God will vindicate the truth telling messenger at His timing.
Bro Casey also prompted that we must know who we are in God’s plan and we are members that are of one body in Christ with different function citing Romans 12:3-5. Indeed I am called to be ambassador of Christ, how could I not participate in the community? I must have faith that being heir to our heavenly father, He can strengthen me so that I can live it out instead of enslaved by my own narrow mindset.
Glad to see you have learned a lot from this class :) Thank you for being one of the first few that made me feel welcome in this school and your hospitality in the food you bring is awesome :)
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Thank you for being there with us. You have encouraged me by personally acknowledging me of sharing my past. I give thanks to God for having you in the same class.
DeleteI like your question, "What makes me a happy leaner?"
ReplyDeleteI ask the same question because it sets my attitude towards learning. Learning for a purpose with the final goal - to change.
Bro Francis, you where got lao liao (old already). I'm learning from you. Thank you for your comment!
DeleteYes, Francis' line "Learn to unlearn to re-learn" has stuck with me too.
ReplyDeleteAs Bro Casey put it, it means we are to be open to learning. Like you, I have learnt much from this module too:)
Sis Lily, thank you for your comment. You indeed are a role-model to me on how a learner should be. Yet, you have a caliber of teaching others too. Praise the Lord!
DeleteSerene, I find the Johari Window useful in checking my blind spots too! Now I need to remember to evaluate myself periodically to check blind spots. Hahaha... And thanks for your koropok! Now I hardly eat those outside of ACTS coz I like yours! Wahahaha...
ReplyDeleteDearest Aggie, thank you for you comment. I like your smile so much, very contagious.
DeleteSis Serene thank you for extending your hospitality:) you are indeed havegiving heart:) thank you for the food and joy you brought to our community:)
ReplyDeleteBro Shane, thank you for your comment. I give thank to God for having you and Pam as my classmate. I saw how both of you keep one another warm with food and herbal drink. I must renew my vow with my hubby also..
ReplyDeleteWow, I like this---learning to renew your wow with your husband after seeing the warmth of another couple. Jia you! Oh, is this what it means by construction and co-construction of meaning?
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