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Characteristics of a Good Mentor: A Doer, Life Experience

March 30, 2018 by Scott Santibanez No Comments

To find a good mentor, it is important to have a strong sense of self. You need to know who you are, and what kind of person you want to become…Both mentor and student need to respect one another’s time, honesty, and commitment to the relationship.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Life in the Academy, Mentoring, Undergraduate Studies Tagged With: Career Stages, Characteristics of a Good Mentor, decision, decision making, healthcare, identity, Mentoring, self-knowledge, Undergraduate Studies

Writing a Christian Personal Statement: Part 2

October 25, 2013 by David 3 Comments

The work of the Christian Personal Statement, therefore, is not to explain a “unified theory” of our souls, but to construct a message that honors the sovereignty of Christ through the thoughtful alignment of secular goals with our personal beliefs.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: calling, career, Christian Personal Statement, gospel, healthcare, medical student, personal statement, self-knowledge

Writing a Christian Personal Statement

October 11, 2013 by David 10 Comments

I realized that the real work of writing a Personal Statement was to stop myself from selling myself.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: application, calling, career, Christian Personal Statement, healthcare, medical student, personal statement, self-knowledge

Best Books on Knowing Yourself?

March 15, 2011 by Micheal Hickerson 3 Comments

Self-portrait in mirror

Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. — John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 1, Paragraph 1 I’ve been wrestling with some personal decisions lately, so I decided […]

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: books, calling, discernment, self-knowledge, spiritualformation, vocation

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