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Sabbatical Goals #2: REFLECTION (Part 3)

I’m doing a series of entries on my sabbatical goals. This post concludes my entries on my second sabbatical goal of REFLECTION. I have written about my three primary reflective activities. My first entry was on Scripture reading & prayer. My second entry was on journaling, and verbally sharing. Today, I share about putting into […]

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Sabbatical Goals #2: REFLECTION (Part 2)

I’m doing a series of entries on my sabbatical goals. This post continues from first entry on my second sabbatical goal of REFLECTION. I wrote yesterday about the first of three reflective activities I did, which was Scripture reading & prayer. Today, I share about the other two activities I did to reflect during sabbatical: […]

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Sabbatical Goals #2: REFLECTION (Part 1)

I’m doing a series of entries on my sabbatical goals. The second of the four sabbatical goals is REFLECTION. REFLECTIVE PROCESS My reflective process involves three primary activities: Bible reading & prayer, journaling, verbally sharing with others. After serving in the same local church family for a decade, I hope I have learned a few […]

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Sabbatical Goals #1: REST

I’m doing a series of entries on my sabbatical goals. The first of the four sabbatical goals is REST. In the basic spirit of a sabbatical, I wanted to get more rest. First and foremost, that involved improving my sleeping habits. I’m glad that during this sabbatical, I slept earlier and longer than I had […]

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Ask these people about my sabbatical

Yesterday I wrote about how I respond when someone asks me, “How’s your sabbatical?” I ended that post musing on how perhaps the best people to answer that question are other people. Here’s a list of people you can ask. (OK, maybe not bombard them with questions. Pray for them instead. If you do ask, […]

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“How’s your sabbatical?”

Many people ask me “How’s your sabbatical going?” I often pause before I answer. I do this because I think the same words may convey different questions. Some people ask out of politeness. Some seek a more in-depth answer. Some ask because they genuinely wonder, “What does one do on a sabbatical?” It’s sort of […]

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