Help a Brother Out?

I’m need a few test subjects concerning the survey that I will be using for my D.Min project. I’m trying to decide if I am going to use Google Docs to do the survey or if I will go with good ‘ole fashion pen and paper. Want to help me? Go here and complete the [...]

Apparently I Am A Bad Pastor

The above image is a screen shot from the final proposal for my D.min project / dissertation. I am going through the corrections that the style reader (the person I pay as a part of my tuition to suggest corrections for  my proposal so that meets the Turabian style requirements) placed in my proposal. I [...]

the final draft … maybe

interested in reading what i have been working on for my d.min? well here is the final draft edition of the proposal for my dissertation. you are welcome to read it and if you see a typo or something that i missed please don’t hesitate to let me know. i will not send this in [...]

the annotated bibliography

establishing the foundation for my d.min project/dissertation (which is a study concerning the effectiveness of collaborative sermon preparation) is done through by establishing an annotated bibliography that is evaluated by a recognized expert in the field to make sure that it represents the general thought and discussion of the field. it is similar to the [...]

still looking for an expert

for those of you who have been following the development of my d.min project/dissertation i thought i would give you a little update. at this point i need to find an expert/authority to review the bibliography that forms the base of my research. once i do this and get him/her to approve it i will [...]

thankful for willing experts

one of the things i am discovering from working on my d.min project/dissertation is how generous most academics are with their time and unfortunately how non-generous some others are. i have written before concerning how amazed i was with the incredibly fast and positive response of those involved with john stott ministries and the incredibly [...]

bringing in the big bucks

i just received my amazon associate report and looks like i could start making a living rom this blogging thing. i’ve earned a whopping $3.58 over the past year. yep, that should support the family for a while. i guess i should post some more links if i am really going to get any click [...]

a few random thoughts

i am presently on the downhill slide of writing the final project proposal for my d.min dissertation/project. so i’m taking a few moments away from working on the questionnaire that i will use to quantify the study and writing a few random thoughts. wordless jazz, classical, ambient or foreign music are the only things that [...]

my day

this is how i spent most of my day. between church work and my d.min project proposal i have spent a ton of the day typing. i haven’t finished the final project proposal yet but i am finally close to doing so.