A thought that just came to me: I think it is much better to use the word "informed" rather than "educated" when talking about a person's understanding. Bullet sub-points:
+ A person can know little about reality and have a PhD in stalactite and be called educated. Meanwhile, a person with no degrees (i.e., a big percentage of the mega-world-changers I know) may be referred to as uneducated.
+ Education is critical.
-But isn't it more important to be 'informed' about things that matter: e.g., what kids and teenagers and young people and middle-aged people and the elderly care about, how much we are impacted by our economic/social/moral/eco/etc environments?
+ Being informed requires discipline. (Getting 'educated' requires discipline too.) Being informed means reading/learning about what you may not be interested in all the time (e.g., reading the 'world' section of the newspaper as compared to the gossip section).
+ Being informed often means hearing it firsthand. Which means relationships.
14-15 Tue-Wed l'ship retreat (+ below) 14 Tue (7:15pm patch prayer mtg) 15 Wed 6pm dinner w/ Peter T & HE + poss. stayover 16 Thu SL 17-19 Fri-Sun church-plant camping trip - Killbear 19 Sun 5pm fun dinner w/ VT - Burlington 20 Mon 8pm Malkutha oversight mtg (VS) 21 Tue 9:30pm time w/ JVDB (+ patch prayer mtg) 23 Thu poss. time w/ DonM/S 24-25 Fri-Sat writing training wknd - Hamilton 28 Tue 10am CCWM board mtg 31 Fri eve time w/ J/BA+
SEPTEMBER 2-3 Sun-Mon new-staff retreat - Faith Mission 3-7 Tue-Fri VT retreat - Faith Mission 21 Fri MI in-person board mtg 22-23 Sat-Sun poss. visiting AR/UJ+ 27 to Oct 3 Thu-Wed Dollar-a-Day
OCTOBER ... Oct 3 (see above) Thu-Wed Dollar-a-Day 5-8 Fri-Mon Thanksgiving long weekend (Mon stat. hol.) 15 to Nov 15 Mon-Thu poss. Europe + India
NOVEMBER
(speaking at Pastor Y's church) ... Nov 15 (see above) Mon-Thu poss. Europe + India 17 Khev's conf 23 Fri MI online board mtg 29 ~J's dad's b'day (poss. party on 30th)
DECEMBER 29: KH/S wedding
2019 on
Feb 15-18: MIer conference
Feb 16: Sat - 10-yr anniv
Feb 18-22: VT retreat
Feb 22-30: time off (poss. Southern Africa)
Apr 1-3: poss. First Chair retreat
May 10, 10am: CCWM board mtg
Jun 15: poss. Prayer Journey (poss. Australia); poss. visit supporters
Jun 25-29: poss. marketplace conf. - Manila
Dec: likely Indonesia
A thought that just came to me: I think it is much better to use the word "informed" rather than "educated" when talking about a person's understanding. Bullet sub-points:
-But isn't it more important to be 'informed' about things that matter: e.g., what kids and teenagers and young people and middle-aged people and the elderly care about, how much we are impacted by our economic/social/moral/eco/etc environments?
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