Rusty Trubey

Today's Student: Descriptor #5

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:04:00 +0000

5. They are team oriented.

Think about it. They grew up with Barney, played soccer, learned in groups at school and often wore uniforms. Community is as important as individual accomplishments. Many date in groups. Some only want a leadership position if they can serve alongside a team and share the responsibility. On the DISC profile, one research study discovered that almost half of these Millennials indicated they were high “I” in the test. They are peoplepersons. They love relationships, even though their people skills are often poor. One book called Bowling Alone suggested a difference between Baby Boomers and Millennials. The book said while Baby Boomers are bowling alone on Wednesday nights, Millennials are playing soccer in teams.

Frozen

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:06:00 +0000

Politics, Christians and the Kingdom of God

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:53:00 +0000

It's official. I actually love my New Testament class at Regent University. This week's assignment is one reason why. Below are the assignment instructions. I will post my response tomorrow, or the next day.

The 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign is already in full swing. It is predicted that it will be one of the most wide-open and interesting races to take place in decades. In the last several presidential elections, the "Religious Right" has played a significant part in the outcome of the elections. As Christians, we are both members of the "Kingdom of Heaven" and the nation of the United States (or another country). Should our understanding and commitment to the "Kingdom of God" affect how we participate in the upcoming election? Should the religious, moral and ethical convictions of the candidates sway our vote? Should we vote for a candidate because they claim to be a "Christian" or should we vote based upon their official stands on such issues as abortion or immigration, fiscal policy or same-sex marriage? Should we even involve ourselves in the political process and is participating, or not participating, in harmony with Christ's proclamation of Kingdom of God?

While I certainly want you to express your opinion, I want you to back up your opinion with scripture and appeal to other Christian traditions on the subject. You are to post an initial 250-300 essay, then, you are to respond to two other posts with 150-200 words. Feel free to ask questions of your peers and to challenge each other. But, BE RESPECTFUL!

Today's Student: Descriptor #4

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:52:00 +0000

4. They are mediavores.

These students are addicted to media. It’s not uncommon for them to do homework, listen to a CD, watch TV, and interact on-line simultaneously. They give new meaning to multi-tasking. They can handle fast—paced images in commercials and they love the rush of high speed internet searches, text messaging their buddy or locating friends on MySpace or FaceBook. No doubt, there is a danger to their familiarity with technology. One evangelical university I recently visited reported that 60% of their male students were watching pornography on the internet. And an equal amount of women were participating in chat rooms, which can be just as harmful. Technology is a mixed blessing, but they are addicted to it.

Wikipedia Ban

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Professors continue to ban Wikipedia as a research tool, citing too many incorrect entries. Designed as a user generated and edited encyclopedia, anyone can contribute to or change a Wikipedia entry. One professor at the University of Brighton has gone even further, banning the use of Google. Calling it "white bread for the mind," she objects to the easy answers to complex questions with little sorting of shallow ideas from serious referenced work. She states, "Google is filling, but does not necessarily offer nutritional content." (Inside Higher Education January 14, 2008)

Today's College Student: Descriptor #3

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:06:00 +0000

3. They are confident.

Millennials believe they can make a difference. Many already boast about their power and potential, even as kids. They will be more self reliant and ambitious than Generation X. A surprising percentage have started their own business before reaching age 21. They don’t seem to lack the confidence to put their ideas into action. Many believe they will take part in changing the world. In one recent study, 82% of college students said they believed the next “Bill Gates” was in their generation. 51% said they believed they knew the next “Bill Gates.” 24% said they believed they are the next “Bill Gates.”

Ezra Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:34:00 +0000

Today's College Student: Descriptor #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:30:00 +0000

2. They love family.

They rely on family as a sanctuary from the troubles of their world. They’ve been sheltered by many kid-safety rules and devices. They grew up with the “Baby On Board” sign on the mini-van. Many are the focus of what I call “parental paranoia.” The result? They love their family. If they aren’t a part of a nuclear family, they create one. (This explains the unorthodox communities and gangs we hear about today). In a recent annual U.S. survey of teenagers, students were asked: Who is your hero? For the first time in twenty years, the number one response was not an athlete. Number one was: mom and dad. Number two was: grandma and grandpa.

10 Desriptors of Today's College Student: #1, They Feel Special

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:54:00 +0000

Instead of writing one long post, I decided to include these 10 descriptors of today's college student over 10 days. This resource is taken from Dr. Tim Emore at Growing Leaders.

1. They feel special.

Movies, government focus, and parents have all made this generation believe they are vital to our future. Most of them feel good about themselves. In fact, they’re often preoccupied with themselves; some surveys found a contradictory self-assessment—they are happy with their lives but they worry a lot about themselves and their future. Their self-consumed lives can be alarming. On Mother’s Day 2006, USA Today carried an article on what young people were giving their moms for her special day. Thousands had decided to give themselves something, in honor of their mother. The gifts ranged from getting a haircut, to putting money in their own bank account, to cleaning up their apartment. And the mothers were pleased with those gifts. Their children played such a central role in their own happiness, that mother’s felt great about the vicarious gift.

Test Your Traveler IQ

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:21:00 +0000

This was tough! I hope you do better than me!

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq

Ezra Lee

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:57:00 +0000

Quote of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:22:00 +0000

Holy simplicity is an unchanging will in the pursuit of a changeless good...Simplicity, in fact, is properly the will fundamentally turned toward God, asking of the Lord only one thing, seeking it with fervor, with no ambition to multiply itself by becoming dispersed in this world. Simplicity is also, in the conduct of life, the true humility which has the virtue of attaching more importance to the evidence of the conscience than to reputation."

- William of St. Thierry
(for the "one thing", read Psalm 84)

Getting Back on Track

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:00 +0000

I'm working out again and it feels good, I think. The thing is I have something motivating me beside just wanting to work out and lose weight. Since my decision to join the National Guard last January, I have to meet height and weight requirements and pass the PT (physical training test). I'm not obese by any stretch, but I am really, really out of shape! Here's where I need to be and where I am:

Goal Weight: 175
Current Weight: 195

To gain the maximum score of 300 on the Army's PT test (why settle for less), I have to do this:
73 push-ups in 2 minutes
76 sit-ups in 2 minutes
13:36 in the 2-mile run.

It has become painfully obvious that I need the most work on push-ups. Of course, the less I weigh, the less I have to push-up! So, I am working on that!

Ezra at 8 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:40:00 +0000

Quote of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:55:00 +0000

I'm reading Transformational Coaching by Dr. Joseph Umidi for one of my classes at Regent. So far, I have not been disappointed! It has revved up my heart's engine. We'll see what I can do with that. Here's a quote:

"The disciplines of deep subterranean listening coupled with powerful penetrating questioning and catalyzed metaphors, will become the cross-cultural tool kits for post-modern transformational coaches."

Trinity 101

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:42:00 +0000

Here's a site that helps explain the TRINITY

The Spring Semester

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:09:00 +0000

Monday begins my second full semester at Regent University. I'm taking:

Church History and Renewal 1
New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels
Foundations of Ministry Coaching

In addition to these courses, I am in my second semester of Clinical Pastoral Education at West Virginia University Hospital. I finished the fall semester pretty good with a 3.86. I made a B+ in a class. Oh, well!

Mini-Me

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:27:00 +0000

They say the resemblance is uncanny. What say you?

Something is Missing

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:24:00 +0000

I read this article in the latest edition of Army Times:

"In a Nov.30-Dec 2 Gallup/USA Today poll asking respondents to rate the ethical standards of people in different professions, 65% of respondents said military officers had high ethics. Car salesman and lobbyists came in at the bottom."

Here are the top five:

Nurses 83%
Grade-school teachers 74%
Druggists/Pharmacists 71%
Military officers 65%
Medical doctors 64%

Do you notice anything missing from this list that should be there?

Ezra

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:34:00 +0000

Oakley and Ezra

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:38:00 +0000

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:50:00 +0000

Ezra Lee Trubey

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:42:00 +0000

A Mouthful

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:39:00 +0000

For all things that are the Father's are beheld in the Son, and all things that are the Son's are the Father's; because the whole Son is in the Father and has all the Father in himself. Thus the hypostasis of the Son becomes as it were form and face of the knowledge of the Father, and the hypostasis of the Father is known in the form of the Son, while the proper quality which is contemplated therein remains for the plain distinction of the hypostases.

Basil

Contemporizing the Message

noreply@blogger.com (Rusty Trubey) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:10:00 +0000

"The average Christian, even the one who attends church regularly, lives in two different worlds. On Sunday morning, from eleven o'clock to noon, such a person lives in a world in which axheads float, rivers stop as if dammed, donkey's speak, people walk on water, dead persons come back to life, even days after death, and a child is born to a virgin mother. But during the rest of the week, the Christian functions in a very different atmosphere. Here technology, the application of modern scientific discovery, is the norm. The believer drives away from church in a modern automobile, with automatic transmission, power steering , power brakes, AM-FM stereo radio, air conditioning, and other gadgets, to a home with similar up to date features. In practice the two worlds clash. In the Christian's biblical world, when people are ill, prayer is uttered for divine healing, but in this secular world, however, they go to the doctor. For how long can this kind of schizophrenia be maintained?"

-Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology, pp. 117-118