Saturday, November 7, 2009

Creative studying and homework. How to do it?

Hello and good afternoon!!!

I really like when the studying of material stimulates the creative work. It is a joy to read an article "Popular Notions of the Missionary Task in a Post-Missionary Era" by Matthew Price, who tries to find an aswer to the question whether missionaries destory or preserve culture. In order to do so, Price looked at three well-known novels of the twentieth century. As I am reading this material, I am fascinating with the sense of discovery, larning something new, and drive for creativity. Praise the Lord.
I wish that all my teaching and learning experiences were like that: filled with information that enhances creativity.

How can a teacher or a professor make his or her class more creative? It is not what book to read, but about connecting the information with an act of creativity. For example, find a song of a specific time period or genre that would depict this theme more clearly... How are theologians portrayed in the movies, books, etc? Find a bibliography of a person (history) that you find similar experience in your life. What an event is it?

We watched the movie "Luther" for Church history and are obligated to write a paper about 95 Thesis. Everyone really enjoyed the movie. But how are we going to write the assignment that will convey the sense of appreaciation, discoveries and interest in what Luther had accmplished by the 95 Thesis? I ask the Holy Spirit to give us, students, a new fresh insight and understaninding, filled with the creative work and patience to bring this paper into a more art work that just an academic paper. (Maybe we could concentrate on the usage of words: intentioanlly, to bring about the certain words and expressions...or maybe we could ask ourselves who else in the history wrote something public that tranformed the culture and the society of that period?)

The discoveries were usually made when a person tried to look on a problem from so many directions and connect the pieces were otherwise seemed unconnectable. So, get excited and prepared to create something really great

May God be with you. May the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and favor for your tasks.

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