GTS: Profs are people too

Over at GoingtoSeminary.com there’s a new post hot off the press. Brief, but pointed. (By the way, the list below is relevant for anyone, whether for a boss, employee, friend, spouse, whatever. People are people, and many are having a worse day than you/me.)

My ending:

Do you pray for your professors? When you sit down with classmates and are tempted to criticize a certain prof for a certain viewpoint or project he assigned, stop yourself and consider how this is my brother in Christ pours of his life for you sake. Let’s stop and pray for him.

Today or this week, be mindful of your professors, and pray for them. Also, pause for a moment and consider how you can practically bless them. Little things like:

• a handwritten note
• a word of encouragement
• join with other students to do something creative for them
• give an update from a prayer request you shared with them earlier
• ask to buy them lunch
• if they ask you to call them by their first name, then do it
• did I mention hand-written notes?
• send a card on their birthday or over the holidays
• ask them about their kids
• ask to see pictures of their grand-kids
• pay attention in class (close your laptop if you don’t need it!) — this is an ultimate sign of respect (and of course)
• don’t start to pick up your items until the class period is complete and your are dismissed
• staple your assignments
• follow the syllabus guidelines for your papers (okay, these two are more of a blessing to us TA’s)

Any other ways we can bless our professors? After all, they are people too.

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By the way, I am not in class this morning, but Kari is. Hope she’s not reading this during lecture Time to get the Dutcher and have some oatmeal.