Genesis

In the beginning, In the beginning was the Word, God

created the heavens and the earth.

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep:

and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

He was in the beginning with God

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory,

glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

 

 

 

 

 

Hidden Value

There’s something wonderful about teaching. I don’t mean teaching in the professional sense, I mean teaching in the personal sense. When you are forced to explain something to someone, to help them understand, that can be an amazing thing, if you let it.

Sometimes you’re the expert, and sometimes everyone else nominates you as the ‘expert’. You’re forced to explain something to people that, at least it seems, know more about the subject than you do. But you stand, and you start your nervous ‘instruction’

More and more I am taken with the word formation as a substitute for education. Because its not about conveyance of facts, its about forming ideas and people. And more often than not, the person that is formed the most is the one who is tasked with forming others. That’s what makes teaching so special to me. It’s that preparation, the explanation of something that I supposedly know already that teaches me more than anything has before. The person that learns the most is the one behind the podium.

I think its that preparation, the self-examination that happens. When you are trying to communicate an idea, you ask yourself, “Do I really understand this well enough?” Its that freedom of exploration and self discovery that makes teaching/forming wonderful and exciting.