Posts Tagged ‘resident assistant’

November 25, 2009 0

“Programming” As a Pedagogy of Desire

By Robert Minto in Community, Desire, Learning, Pedagogy

This evening I borrowed and perused the first half of James K.A. Smith’s Desiring the Kingdom. His thesis involves the notion that because humans are not simply cognitive beings but actual desiring animals (embodied, and carrying in every action an implicit telos) Christian education needs to be about the forming of desires as well as [...]

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September 7, 2009 1

Monastic Devotion In a Dorm?

By Robert Minto in Community

Here in the Dutch Reformed atmosphere of Dordt College, my ecclessially ambiguous self has been given the job of Resident Assistant to about 30 guys. Part of my job is leading a “wing bible study.” Tonight we’ll meet for the first time—myself and the ten or so guys who wanted to participate—and we’ll discuss how [...]

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