Part of my world as a seminary dean revolves around educating counsellors and therapists. At Briercrest we offer two counselling degrees, one focused on preparing students to work with individual clients and one degree designed to equipped students to work with couples and families. Our counselling program is the seminary’s largest and it happens…
In the closing chapter of my book Glassroom Learning, 2023 I briefly discuss Competency-Based Theological Education. It is a relatively new approach to theological education and very little has been written about it. Kenton Anderson and Gregory Henson’s book, Theological Education: Principles and Practices of a Competency-Based Approach is a helpful introduction to CBTE for…
Pickwick Publications just released my first book. Glassroom Learning: Virtual Culture and Online Pastoral Education is my reworked PhD dissertation in which I invite theological educators to consider the effects of technology on human formation when educating using Web-based systems. Here’s a fuller description: Christian higher education institutions across North America are experimenting with radical…
I thought it would be helpful to provide an update on my Sept. 12th blog entry, “Making time to write”. At that time I was just starting to roll out of bed early. Now, three months later, I am astounded how much I’ve accomplished and the ideas that are emerging. In these short months, I’ve…