Musings on Spiritual Matters

For four years, I have been working on the dissertation project.  This is larger than a huge research project, it was a field test within a congregation.  It involved working with a team within the congregation, fulfilling the desires of the elders, and partnering with the church to accomplish a work for the Lord.  All of this is done, so now I am in the processing stage.  This means that I am to reflect on what was accomplished.  What worked, what did not, and how to improve the process for the future.  The dissertation is written, all 180 pages, and now I am in the process of bringing it down to 125 pages.  This is done to create stronger clarity of thought and expression.  It is a trying process, and it time consuming and challenging.  But once again, this is done not to punish a student, but to develop the student.  We become better ministers, and men of God when we are challenged.  During this process, I am gaining greater respect to those men who have gone before me.  If there is a minister who has accomplished this goal, one certainty is that he is not lazy.  He understands challenge, and he understands difficulty, it is a great purifying process.  I still have a ton of work to do, but with dedication, it will be finished.

Related posts:

1. One Elder and the Hiring Process
2. Second Draft of the Dissertation
3. Review Process in Churches
4. The Creativity Process in Preaching
5. A Process for Preaching

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