Pittsburgh Theological Seminary : 2003 Seminar
Narrative
The Glazed Look: Students Resisting Transformation?
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Sandra phoned Professor Williams the evening before she was to preach her sermon in class. The sermon had been ready for more than a week, she said, but she would not be able to complete the exegetical paper on time.
The course was a practicum in homiletics taught on Wednesday evenings. There were twelve students in the class, many of them in full-time occupations who were taking courses in the evening as part-time students. Sandra was one of these part-time students (along with 30 percent of the student body this fall) who worked in a bank during the day. Williams was one of two homiletics professors among 20 full-time faculty members. The Seminary is located in the city of Pittsburgh and educates ministry candidates not only for the Presbyterian Church (USA), but also for a fairly large group of other churches represented in the city and region.
A major requirement in the course was for each student to preach a sermon and submit both a manuscript of the sermon and a paper showing the exegetical work that was done in preparation. The seventh of ten sessions was scheduled for this week.
As they talked on the phone, Williams could visualize Sandra sitting in the classroom. He could not remember any occasion in which she had been engaged in what was happening in the class. Most of the time she sat mutely with a glazed look in her eyes...
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The Glazed Look: Students Resisting Transformation?
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Sandra phoned Professor Williams the evening before she was to preach her sermon in class. The sermon had been ready for more than a week, she said, but she would not be able to complete the exegetical paper on time.
The course was a practicum in homiletics taught on Wednesday evenings. There were twelve students in the class, many of them in full-time occupations who were taking courses in the evening as part-time students. Sandra was one of these part-time students (along with 30 percent of the student body this fall) who worked in a bank during the day. Williams was one of two homiletics professors among 20 full-time faculty members. The Seminary is located in the city of Pittsburgh and educates ministry candidates not only for the Presbyterian Church (USA), but also for a fairly large group of other churches represented in the city and region.
A major requirement in the course was for each student to preach a sermon and submit both a manuscript of the sermon and a paper showing the exegetical work that was done in preparation. The seventh of ten sessions was scheduled for this week.
As they talked on the phone, Williams could visualize Sandra sitting in the classroom. He could not remember any occasion in which she had been engaged in what was happening in the class. Most of the time she sat mutely with a glazed look in her eyes...
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