{"id":3726,"date":"2010-08-18T20:38:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T00:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/news_blogs\/john\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2023-12-21T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:31:09","slug":"my-sabbatical-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2010\/08\/18\/my-sabbatical-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"My Sabbatical Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 2 of 37 in the series Sabbatical<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

In a previous post<\/a>,\u00a0I discussed what sabbaticals<\/strong> are about and\u00a0wondered what I should do for mine. Now I can tell you\u00a0my plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that post, I wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sabbatical is a time to get away from regular work for a period of personal and professional development in order to improve my value to my employer. It should refresh my vision for my personal mission and my employer’s organizational mission and equip me in some way to be a better leader.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Personal Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I found my board very helpful in designing the sabbatical. A really practical suggestion was to take time at the beginning and end to transition into and out of my time away from work. So I’ve decided to\u00a0start with a short time at home followed by a spiritual retreat<\/strong> at The Sabbath House.<\/a> At the end, I will do the same thing in reverse order. This is the personal development time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the professional development part I was in a bit of a quandary. I’ve already taken courses and earned my doctorate, so what to do? Larry Nelson, a CCCC board member and a font of endless creative ideas, came to the rescue with some excellent questions that surfaced five possible research topics. I recall the questions were something like, regarding Christian ministries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n