Fall 2017/Pasadena
IS500
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IS500:
PRACTICES OF VOCATIONAL FORMATION (4 Units: 160 hours). Keon-Sang
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DESCRIPTION: Christian practices constitute the Christian
life. The combined Christian practices of vocational formation, worship,
community, and mission facilitate the integration of personal, spiritual,
academic, and global formation into the vocational coherence of a Christian
leader through reflection, relationships, and practices. IS500 teaches students
a method for integrating resources of theological method into faithful
responses to the human condition. As an integrative course, it explores the
identity and practices of Christian vocational formation as a people called,
gathered, and sent by God. Together, professor and students study and enact
historic Christian disciplines necessitated by this distinctive identity (listening, discernment, guidance, lament,
rhythms of rest, and stewardship) fashioning them into a Rule of Life that
shapes and supports the student’s vocation in order to form students who
demonstrate capacities to cultivate a theologically reflective practice of
Christian discipleship.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: (1)
Students will have demonstrated capacities to critically reflect on their
current and past experiences of Christian practices of vocational formation.
(2) Students will have demonstrated through participation in local contexts the
capacity to engage in activities and exercises related to Christian spiritual
disciplines and practices of vocational formation. (3) Students will have
demonstrated capacities to engage scripture, tradition, and contemporary
resources to reflect theologically on historic and personal practices of
vocational formation. (4) Students will have articulated how vocational
practices impact their response to the Central Integration Question (CIQ) and
will identify exercises, habits, and disciplines to embody these practices
within their sociocultural context.
COURSE FORMAT: This class
meets once per week for three-and-a-half-hour sessions for a total of 35 hours of classroom instruction for lecture
and discussion (which includes 8 hours of required synchronous and/or
asynchronous participation in vocation and formation groups) plus 5 hours of
directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours. REQUIRED READING: 1190 pp. of required reading A. Required Textbooks 마크 래버튼 (Mark Labberton). 제일 소명: 세상을 위한 하나님 백성의 제자도 (Called). IVP, 2014. ISBN: 978-8932813721. Pub. Price $20.00 [204 pages
assigned]. 폴 스티븐슨 (Paul Stevens). 내 이름은 야곱입니다 (Down-To-Earth
Spirituality). 죠이선교회. 2014. ISBN: 978-8942103546 . Pub. Price
$32.00 [352 pages assigned]. 팀 켈러 (Timothy Keller). 팀 켈러의 일과 영성: 인간과 일과 하나님의 역사 사이의 줄 잇기 (Every
Good Endeavor). 두란노. ISBN: 978-8953119901. Pub. Price $26.00 [344
pages assigned]. 폴 마샬 (Paul Marshall). 천국은 내 집이 아닙니다 (Heaven
Is Not My Home: Living in the Now of God’s Creation). IVP. 2014. ISBN: 978-8932820422. Price $ 20.00
[290 pages assigned]. B. Core Practices Lectio Divina Listening and Call; Guidance and Call; Lament and Call;
Vocational Discernment and the Call of God C. Integration Resources 50 pages of Bible reading that connect with practices of
vocation formation. D. StrengthsFinders *Students in IS500 are
required to take the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment, receive a CoreClarity
coaching packet based off of their top 5 strengths, and participate in a
45-minute coaching call with a CoreClarity coach. There will be a $40 charge
for StrengthFinder® assessment, Coaching Packet, and Coaching Session which
will automatically be charged to your student account. ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: Please adjust to fit the 35-hour classroom
format. The classroom hours in Assignment #2 have already been changed, but you
will need to reduce another assignment by 5 hours. 1.
1190 pages reading and reading log (20%). [This
assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [45 hours]. 2.
Classroom and Vocation Formation Group (VFG)
Participation: Students will participate in active learning to foster
understanding of and capacity for engaging in theologically-informed reflection
in the classroom and through participation in Vocation Formation Groups. (10%).
[This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #2, #3 and #4]. [27 hours+8
hours]. 3.
Autobiography: Students will create an
autobiography related to practices of vocational formation (10%). [This
assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [2 hours]. 4.
Directed Exercises and Disciplines: Student will
participate over the quarter in disciplines and exercises outside of the
classroom related to the core practices of the course. Practice of lectio divina of 50 chapters of biblical
text and journaling. (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2,
3] [38 hours]. 5.
Integrative Reflections: Students will engage in
critical theological reflection on contextualized experiences using a practical
theology or similar method. (10%). [This assignment is related to learning
outcome #3.] [10 hours]. 6.
Fieldwork Activity - StrengthsFinders and
CoreClarity Coaching: Students will take the Strengthsfinders/CoreClarity
Assessment and debrief the results via a phone call with a professional
executive coach to learn more about their strengths and how to better grow them
in use for God’s mission in the world. [This assignment is related to learning
outcome #1 and #2] [2 hours]. 7.
Finances and Vocation: Students will write a
financial autobiography, use a practical theology method to reflect on
finances, and create a resulting financial plan that supports vocational goals.
(10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #2 and #3]. [8
hours]. 8.
Final Integrative Assignment: Integration paper
that reflects theologically on the practices of this course and their
implications for the student’s response to the CIQ and the exercises, habits,
and disciplines in their current Rule of Life. (20%). [This assignment is
related to learning outcome #1, #3, and #4]. [20 hours]. PREREQUISITES: Korean. Recommended in first year of study. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
Meets a core integration requirement in
the 120 MDiv and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015). FINAL EXAMINATION:
None.