{"id":30116,"date":"2023-01-13T06:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=30116"},"modified":"2023-01-13T06:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:24:27","slug":"trusting-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/trusting-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusting the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I type this post, what is most prevalent in my mind is “I hope I am writing this blog post correctly?” (Slight panic, just being honest).\u00a0 Some of you may relate.\u00a0 While trying something new is difficult, I am reminded of a quote, <\/span>\u201cAsk yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow\u201d. (anonymous)\u00a0 It is the idea of persevering through the process and enjoying the growth steps along the way, that gives me hope and stamina for what is ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading. . . . In my doctoral journey, it is my hope that my ability to read synoptically, as defined by Mortimer Adler in the article, <\/span>How to Read a Book,<\/span><\/i> will develop. As I read from a variety of resources affecting my NPO, comparing and contrasting the ideas against my own thoughts, beliefs and biases, thereby creating new questions and angles of thought, will be helpful in gaining a more complete picture of the solution. \u00a0 My life as a reader has evolved from learning to read (first understanding of alphabetic principle and making the connections to phonemes\/graphemes) to reading to learn.\u00a0 This often looks like reading books about theology, spiritual growth, cultural trends, personal and professional study and growth.\u00a0 As I read, the value of my research will be found in the discovery process as my NPO is refined.\u00a0 As Kate Turabian states, <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/i>When we make a claim, we must expect, even encourage, others to question not just our claim but how we reached it, to ask Why do you believe that?\u201d <\/span>(p. 312, A Manual for Writers)<\/span><\/p>\n

Note taking. . . With note-taking, I find that I take notes on things that connect with something I am considering or an important fact.\u00a0 As I listen to lectures, this process of note-taking can offer challenges, specifically when the presenter has specific things that I need to retain and regurgitate in some fashion.\u00a0 I remember back to my Survey of the New Testament course in my undergrad at Asbury University with Dr. Victor Hamilton.\u00a0 He would lecture on the New Testament so passionately and I would take copious notes only to discover the notes I wrote down didn\u2019t match what was on a test.\u00a0 It was very discouraging and so I often have that question in my mind as I take notes. . . Is this \u201cthe note\u201d that needs to be taken?<\/span><\/p>\n

Writing. . . Writing is an avenue of expression that I enjoy the most.\u00a0 As an elementary teacher and instructional coach it is the content area that I have a lot of experience in teaching and presenting professional development on.\u00a0 However, this is at the elementary level. . . teaching students to find their craft, add their voice, and edit the conventions is vastly different from writing professional material.\u00a0 While this is the part of the journey I am looking forward to most, it is an area where I anticipate growth as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

All in all, I am choosing to trust the process.\u00a0 I am grateful that we have this format to share our thoughts, wonderings and questions to mutually strengthen one another in this process.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I type this post, what is most prevalent in my mind is “I hope I am writing this blog post correctly?” (Slight panic, just being honest).\u00a0 Some of you may relate.\u00a0 While trying something new is difficult, I am reminded of a quote, \u201cAsk yourself if what you are doing today is getting you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","cohort-dlgp02"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30116\/revisions\/30117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}