Table Of Content

Departments 84 From Where I Sit Process vs. Context William Rietschel 142 Administrative Talk Being Alone in a School Filled with People Glen Kuck 144 DCE Expressions Bible Study Online: Virtual or Reality? John Wengel 147 Educating the Whole Child Have You Joined the Movement? Jean Harrison 150 Today's Lutheran Educator Gathering Together Jonathan Laabs 152 Multiplying Ministries Ttle Day the Laughter Died ... Rich Bimler 154 Secondary Sequence This Is Better than Conflict Resolution! Craig Parrott 156 Teaching the Young Learning Language and Literacy with Children Shirley Morgenthaler 159 A Final Word What in God's Name?: Lessons from 11 September. 2001 George Heider In This Issue: Rethinking Adult Education 87 Adult Education in the Congregation: An Andragogical Approach Peering through the lenses of both an academic and a practitioner, Sipe offers a perspective on how adult education theory can be usefu I for the Lutheran educator in different learning settings. by Elaine Sipe 95 The Participation of Adults in Religious Education Experiences Reporting the findings of his research assessing congregational climate and learner orientation, Blanke prods those providing leadership in religious education to address two significant questions that, when clearly answered, will increase adult motivation for fuller program participation. by Mark Blanke 104 Revisiting Congregations at Crossroads Research conducted by Search Institute and published over half a decade ago generated data containing practical implications for parish ministry that still remain valid. lander resurrects the study report's meagerly addressed findings and examines potential initiatives. by Louis Jander 116 Reaching the Un-Churched Through Bible Study Hetzner succinctly examines aspects that contribute to the successful teaching of the un-churched. Along the way, he dispels some myths related to Scriptural study. by Tim Hetzner 124 Reflections on Science and Faith in the Parish Gotsch examines a tension that extends far beyond the parish. His ruminations are instructive for all who are conflicted by the languages of science and faith. by Richard Gotsch 131 Change!!??: Reflections on Lutheran Schools at the Dawn of the Millennium Llitheran Education invited the recent Iy retired Director of Schools for the LC-MS to otTer his perspective on the state of Lutheran schooling. Moser's musings provide a glimpse of the past, a sense of the present, and predictions t()r thc future. by Carl Moser