Don Payne is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Theology and Ministry for Denver Seminary. In this blog, he shares his thoughts about theology, theological education and mentoring.
Jun 26, 2009 by Don Payne | 3 Comments
This morning I was informed that Dr. Ray S. Anderson, long time professor of theology and ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, passed away two days ago. The blogosphere is rapidly filling with tributes to this unusual, provocative, and incredibly influential evangelical theologian. ... [More]
Jun 22, 2009 by Don Payne | 0 Comments
As mentoring has been recovered (and it is a recovery of something lost, not the invention of something new) it has emerged into a vocabulary, a research discipline and an industry. It has also acquired a certain persona. One of the definitions of mentoring that I use when I do ... [More]
May 28, 2009 by Don Payne | 0 Comments
Last evening’s BBC World News ran a story about the diet of many children in Haiti. One staple item is a sort of “cookie” that their mothers make from . . . DIRT. They add a bit of sugar and spice, knead the mixture, then spread it into a pie-shaped, pie-sized cookie ... [More]
May 20, 2009 by Don Payne | 0 Comments
Regardless of my commitment to mentoring and my interest in mentoring, I still often find it stressful. What stresses me about mentoring is the fear of misguiding people or of having nothing helpful and substantive to offer. My counselor friends would probably attribute this to some ... [More]
Apr 26, 2009 by Don Payne | 0 Comments
Oliver Wendell Holmes reportedly once said, "I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." A number of times I have used this quote with seminary students to describe one of the functions of a ... [More]
In this edition of Denver Seminary Magazine, you will come face-to-face with folks that are compelled by Christ’s love for the world. read more
Dr. Doug Groothuis recently taught at Saddleback Church in California. read more
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