One is officially "here" when your name shows up on the roster of the Humanities Building at Ewha! (If it's too small, use <CTRL and +> at the same time.)
On Labor Day I met my first class in Missions Theology, an undergrad group of a dozen women (1 Canadian; 1 American) meets M/W. The second class (Graduate class of three non-Korean women) on History of Heresies meets once a week, on Tuesday.
I began each class with a personal introduction, via (1) a book of pictures about Asheville given me by my faith congregation; & (2) three Youtubes that depict (a) the Asheville Friday Night Drum Circle (b) the Bailey Mountain Cloggers from Mars Hill College, and (c) a bicycle spin class. :)
After showing where Asheville and Mars Hill College on GoogleEarth, I handed them the computer, and they showed us their hometown, or their high school, or a place where they grew up.
After each person was finished, there was polite applause!
The graduate class was pretty amazing. Three women, each at least 30 years old or older; one from Bangladesh, one from India, and one from The Philippines. Each is involved in women's leadership here and back home. I asked them something they had been asked before: to integrate the subject matter (heresies) into their own existing ways of thinking and contexts, and see how it actually works in or affects one's personal environments. Three cheers for Connected Learning!
Impressions: (1) I find the students pretty eager to study. Of course, some angle for connections for a succe$$ful life; however, the Confucian legacy of learning for its own sake is reward enough. Virtue based ethic lives! (2) Their reading life does not seem that rich. Asked about the three books that have changed the way they think, Rick Warren and Max Lucado came up often. One undergrad mentioned Walter Wink!!! Nice going!
The Almanac:
Reading: Fire in the Mind, by George Johnson, which is kicking my mind's butt. It's an exploration of science and faith myths about ways we have conceived the order(s) of the universe. Stunning, but my most difficult read in years. Thanks for the headache, Glenn Graves!
Listening: KEXP Song(s) of the Day (great new music free, on iTunes). http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kexp-song-of-the-day/id121393815
What everyone else in Korea and the world is listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 has 99 million hits as I write. Forty-eight hours ago it had only 72M. Gang-Nam is a region south of the Han River (3 miles or so from here) known for money "style".
Watching: Yale's online course Phil181 on iTunes U: Philosophy and Science of Human Nature, with Dr. Tamar Gendler.
Pictures posted: (1) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571751314677.2035918.105600820&type=1¬if_t=like & (2)
I began each class with a personal introduction, via (1) a book of pictures about Asheville given me by my faith congregation; & (2) three Youtubes that depict (a) the Asheville Friday Night Drum Circle (b) the Bailey Mountain Cloggers from Mars Hill College, and (c) a bicycle spin class. :)
After showing where Asheville and Mars Hill College on GoogleEarth, I handed them the computer, and they showed us their hometown, or their high school, or a place where they grew up.
After each person was finished, there was polite applause!
The graduate class was pretty amazing. Three women, each at least 30 years old or older; one from Bangladesh, one from India, and one from The Philippines. Each is involved in women's leadership here and back home. I asked them something they had been asked before: to integrate the subject matter (heresies) into their own existing ways of thinking and contexts, and see how it actually works in or affects one's personal environments. Three cheers for Connected Learning!
Impressions: (1) I find the students pretty eager to study. Of course, some angle for connections for a succe$$ful life; however, the Confucian legacy of learning for its own sake is reward enough. Virtue based ethic lives! (2) Their reading life does not seem that rich. Asked about the three books that have changed the way they think, Rick Warren and Max Lucado came up often. One undergrad mentioned Walter Wink!!! Nice going!
The Almanac:
Reading: Fire in the Mind, by George Johnson, which is kicking my mind's butt. It's an exploration of science and faith myths about ways we have conceived the order(s) of the universe. Stunning, but my most difficult read in years. Thanks for the headache, Glenn Graves!
Listening: KEXP Song(s) of the Day (great new music free, on iTunes). http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kexp-song-of-the-day/id121393815
What everyone else in Korea and the world is listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 has 99 million hits as I write. Forty-eight hours ago it had only 72M. Gang-Nam is a region south of the Han River (3 miles or so from here) known for money "style".
Watching: Yale's online course Phil181 on iTunes U: Philosophy and Science of Human Nature, with Dr. Tamar Gendler.
Pictures posted: (1) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571751314677.2035918.105600820&type=1¬if_t=like & (2)
Surprise experience so far: I was at the Seoul Train station Saturday when a group of Christians appeared with a loudspeaker, circled the whole area Jericho-style, testifying. The signs at the front and back (and on everyone's red jacket) were their message. The front one reads "Jesus Heaven" and the rear one (in red/white) says, "Unbelief Hell".
Will write again in less than a week! What questions have you?
Marc
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