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‎"Learning is not something that is done to us, or that we can produce in others. An education is not something we 'get'...it is something we create for ourselves, on a life-long basis. The best learning--perhaps the only real learning--is that which results from personal interest and investigation, from following our own passion." Wendy Priesnitz

"Knowledge is an interconnected web of information and insight and doesn't easily submit to subject divisions and grade levels. In my experience, optimum learning occurs when the learner can ignore such arbitrary constraints and venture where her pursuit takes her. Keeping the world whole and not dicing it up into 'manageable' pieces extends to boundaries between work and fun, between learning and other activities." by Wendy Priesnitz in the essay Taking Risks & Breaking Rules from Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier

Loved what Wayne had to say in this post…

LIVING IN THE MOMENT - http://lifestream.org/blog/2012/01/19/living-in-the-moment/

a snippet:

“He invited us to follow him, not follow a set of rules or rituals. We can only do that where a growing relationship with him is helping us begin to sense his whispers in our hearts and his nudges toward the people or things he wants us to engage, and those we can pass by without obligation. The longer I walk this journey the more clearly I see that daily following him defies any set of guidelines we try to force on any particular situation.”

Learning to Live in the Father’s Generosity

Is God Bigger Than Your Bank Account?”   podcast - http://lifestream.org/blog/2012/01/20/learning-to-live-in-the-fathers-generosity/

Unless we put relationship first and free each other to be their own life in God we’ll never discover the real joy of God’s kind of community.

Excellent Podcast -  http://thegodjourney.com/2012/01/20/relationships-first/

 

Relationships First

Charlie shares a wonderful story about how this podcast has opened some doors at his work. Then Brad and Wayne interact with other emails about creating community that offers a safe environment by putting relationships first, as a family does. Too many times a genuine move of God gets curtailed by those who seek to “steward” it, but only end up in a misguided attempt to control it. In the end what might have begun as God’s gift ends up possessing them just like the ring of power in the Lord of the Rings. Though well-intentioned they change the dynamics from sharing real friendships to trying accomplish a task and then relationships are destroyed. This fits Marshall McLuhan observation that “We shape our tools, and then our tools shape us.” Unless we put relationship first and free each other to be their own life in God we’ll never discover the real joy of God’s kind of community.