Symptoms are misleading, when will you find the root cause?
The title of this post says it all…”symptoms are misleading…” Just like an iceberg, symptoms are what can be seen, but the root cause is still below the surface. Before I gave my life over to Christ and became His child, I thought I was a Christian and was going to heaven when I died. I truly believed I was His child and that all my poor decisions and negative reactions in life were just symptoms of what life threw at me daily. Just because the symptoms were negative reactions and poor decisions, that did not mean I was not his child, right? Wrong. For me the symptoms that I diagnosed as “what life threw at me” were really a missing relationship with our Heavenly Father.
High School Diplomas and Dual Enrollment
More and more teenagers are beginning to earn their high school diplomas through the internet. In addition, more high school students are also earning college credit during their high school days with dual enrollment programs. Distance learning is often a great option for students who need to stay home for health reasons, desire to work at their own pace, or find themselves unable to concentrate on their work in the traditional setting. Finding an online high school can be a challenge; many schools make big claims but few live up to their promises. Parents generally have two options for their children: private online schools or public online schools.
Liberty University, is the worlds largest private evangelical university, it’s well respected distance learning program offers high school students the chance to earn their diploma completely from home. Most classes are conducted through the Switched on SchoolHouse CD-ROM and will soon be moved to an internet based forum such as blackboard. This will increase flexibility for students studying in multiple locations or during travel times. Read more
Taking the Next Hill
I don’t know about you, but I am the type of person who needs a challenge or a hill to climb to get motivated. I have found this to be true in both my professional and personal life and now I find it true in my spiritual life. In my professional life I love coming into a challenging situation with the odds stacked against me. Many times in these situations whatever task is at hand is not the popular choice with the masses. So, I typically find myself swimming against the current of the mainstream. These types of situations usually require confronting the current culture or environment that is already embedded in a work situation. To me, I see this as a hill; it motivates me, keeps me engaged and challenges me to work hard, set goals and see the changes that take place slowly over time. I have experienced this several times in my career and it is not a quick fix. It takes both time and I remaining constantly engaged to see it through. Staying constantly engaged is the key to success in this situation. With my personality and the need to “take” the hill it is not difficult to stay engaged.
Liberty University Distance Learning Surpasses 25,000
The enrollment for Liberty University’s Distance Learning Program on Tuesday 3/25/2008 topped the 25,000 mark for the first time.
Registrar Lawrence Shackleton confirmed the enrollment figures in an e-mail to school officials Tuesday morning.Officially, the enrollment topped 25,000 at 9:13 a.m.
“It’s an exciting day, I want to give tribute to God’s blessing. You can’t humanly take credit for that. There’s got to be God involved in that. It’s such an amazing thing.” said Ronald S. Kennedy, Executive Director of Distance Learning and Graduate Studies.
Two years ago, the distance learning program finished with less than 13,000 students.
“We are looking at 50 percent growth this year and 110% growth over the past two years,” Kennedy said. “We are hoping to surpass 27,000 students by early June.”
“God certainly deserves all the credit. Certainly, we have cleaned things up and made thing a lot more efficient, but only He could have provided the students like we have seen over the past two years. He’s certainly has smiled upon us,” he said.
“It has been a true honor to fulfill the dream of our founder, Dr. Jerry Falwell, to have 25,000 distance learning students. Now we will push forward with our new Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. as we take the Liberty University distance learning program to the next level”, Kennedy said.
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