By: Andrea Lathrop on October 18, 2018
Derek Rowntree did something early on in Learn How to Study: Developing the study skills and approaches to learning that will help you succeed in university[1]that got me thinking about empathy. He convinced me in his introduction that he truly cared about my success as a student. He even expressed his desire to personally coach…
By: Digby Wilkinson on October 18, 2018
I’m writing this on a plane to Australia, while watching Jurassic World (that’s honesty and multitasking!). Ok, before I wax eloquent on Rountree’s helpful little book, LEARN HOW TO STUDY: Developing the study skills and approaches to learning that will help you succeed in university, [1] I thought it would be interesting to read about…
By: Dan Kreiss on October 17, 2018
What is it that makes visual art worshipful? Is it reliant upon the faith of the artist? Is it the subject matter? Perhaps it must have a Biblical theme? Or maybe it must cause admirers to have a moving experience of God? The image below is the famous painting by Pablo Picasso entitled Guernica. It…
By: Rev Jacob Bolton on October 17, 2018
“Why are you reading this paragraph? It is not lettered A, B, or C, so it does not correspond with any of the answers. If you want to get the best out of a programme (or any other reading for that matter) you must watch out for clues that will help you skip material you…
By: Mario Hood on October 17, 2018
The biggest takeaway from reading, Learn How to Study by Rowntree is the effectiveness of planning out your study time. It has been said in leadership teachings to focus on your strengths and not your weakness.[1] While this is a famous saying and motivates people to do their best while not worrying about their weakness,…
By: John Muhanji on October 16, 2018
We have an African saying in Swahili that says that “ Tembea uone mengi” (travel and see more), resonate with me as we went to Hong Kong. It was a journey to the East that was with full of many surprises and wonders that one would hardly see in the part of African, I was…
By: Shermika Harvey on October 14, 2018
The world of education has been turned on its head, and an end has to come to this madness! Firstly with the introduction of “How to Read A Book” by Adler & VanDoren forced a reboot of the cerebrum to adjust to the new levels of reading. Now, this, “How to Talk About A Book…
By: Kyle Chalko on October 12, 2018
The concept of deep work made sense with what we hear from those critiquing our high tech fast paced world. It’s not too different from the resistance we heard from the romanticists as the world hurled forth through the industrial revolution. We move too quickly, and we miss things around us. Deep work discussed not…
By: Rhonda Davis on October 12, 2018
I have been accused of suffering from frequent amnesia. Unfortunately, I must plead guilty to the accusation. For instance, I recently watched one of the many super hero movies that are so popular in my house full of boys. When it was over, I said, “That one was pretty good. I liked it better than…
By: Chris Pritchett on October 12, 2018
(**My apologies for this being a day late. I have been out all week again with a spine issue. Scoliosis in my neck caused a muscle tear. Good times.) Last year, Cal Newport’s Deep Workwas listed on a proposed reading list for class that then was postponed until this week. I noticed the title…
By: Jason Turbeville on October 12, 2018
Picking up Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport I was intrigued. What exactly was Deep Work and how would it apply to me. (I’ll be back later). Ok, I am back I had to check facebook. Newport argues, and rightly so, that the best work is done without distractions.…
By: Harry Fritzenschaft on October 11, 2018
Wow, after getting home from Hong Kong this past Saturday evening, my first week back has been slammed! It is totally (my three-year-old grandson says that) my fault; I am trying to complete my final two theology courses (no big deal, only the Trinity and Race) of my MA in Theology at Fuller Houston…
By: Tammy Dunahoo on October 11, 2018
Jet lagged and swamped with work from being out of the country for eighteen days, I attempted to read Pierre Bayard’s, How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read with as much focused attention as my foggy brain could muster. During this grueling process, I would read his statements extolling “the virtues of non-reading” and…
By: Trisha Welstad on October 11, 2018
This week I am preaching about the disciplines of silence and solitude in the Christian life. There is an irony about my preaching on this topic because the amount of silence and solitude in my life is nearly zero. I have much to occupy my time and my mind including a two-year old, a baby,…
By: Jay Forseth on October 11, 2018
Our Denomination (The Evangelical Church) has a wonderful policy for all salaried Pastors to receive a paid, three month Sabbatical every 7 years of full time ministry. Some churches support the policy, others do not. I only wish I had read this book before I went on my last Sabbatical. Cal Newport’s Deep Work: Rules for…
By: Dan Kreiss on October 11, 2018
“Superficiality is the curse of our age.”[1]So begins Richard Foster’s classic text ‘Celebration of Discipline.’ It’s laughable when one considers that he wrote that text in the mid 1970s when telephones were still attached to the wall, ‘The Waltons’ and ‘All in the Family’ were the most popular shows on television, baseball was the #1…
By: Jean Ollis on October 11, 2018
It’s such an irony to return from a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, try to recover from jetlag, reconnect with family and friends, return to work (and all the emails, meetings, and responsibilities), return to “school” aka assignments (three in one week!) AND then read Cal Newport’s Deep Work. Newport’s research shows “This was something…
By: Greg on October 11, 2018
“Most classical shame events simply center on failing to meet a minimum standard for social acceptability.” 1 Restoration of one’s face is the desire of many in Asia. Loss of face is as old as the first stories of humanity living under sin. Cain does not receive the face he expected when God disregarded his…
By: Mary Mims on October 11, 2018
I sneered at the idea of talking about books I never read. I thought this was academically dishonest to at least not try to read all of the books assigned. I have had trouble in some graduate level courses because I believed I had to really know my sources, and know what I was talking…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on October 11, 2018
We live in such a distracted world, me being one of the most distracted…squirrel…individuals around J. After being in Hong Kong and riding the MTR multiple times, with my Octopus card of course, I noticed Americans are not the only distracted ones. In fact, even more people in Hong Kong seemed buried in their phones…
