{"id":20,"date":"2010-08-04T01:16:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T06:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"Every day we are inundated with decisions. Some of our choices seem inconsequential: what we eat for breakfast or how we spend the weekend.<!--more--> Others carry greater significance: whether to marry or remain single or what career path to follow. In h"},"modified":"2011-08-02T00:22:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T05:22:47","slug":"decisions-decisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/decisions-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions, Decisions, Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day we are inundated with decisions. Some of our choices seem inconsequential: what we eat for breakfast or how we spend the weekend.<!--more--> Others carry greater significance: whether to marry or remain single or what career path to follow. In her Spotlight presentation Dr. Jeanene Reese will help us examine our assumptions about decision-making, challenge us to explore how we make decisions, consider how we gain expertise in making good decisions, and encourage us to reflect on how the will of God fits into the whole process.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube 418ceChowhU 590 420]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webfiles.acu.edu:443\/users\/dicksonk\/web\/ACUblogs\/audio.png\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/09\/Corerstone-Reese-interview.mp3\">LISTEN to Cornerstone Podcast &#8211; Dr. Reese<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Required Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the following \u00a0article and book review presenting different views of God\u2019s will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webfiles.acu.edu\/departments\/First-Year%20Program\/Decisions%20Reading.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Sittser, <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/webfiles.acu.edu\/departments\/First-Year%20Program\/Decisions%20Reading.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Will of God as a Way of Life<\/a><\/em>(*MyACU login required)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equip.org\/articles\/decision-making-and-the-will-of-god-\" target=\"_blank\">Decision Making and the Will of God<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Join the Conversation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you have a question for this week&#8217;s speaker or would like to share a conclusion of your own, please post it as a comment below. We welcome off-campus voices to the public Cornerstone dialogue as long as they are respectful and contribute meaningfully to these curricular discussions. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/terms-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACU Blogs Terms of Use<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/about\/\">About Cornerstone<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><!--sidebar--><\/p>\n<h1>Spotlight Resources<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/how-do-i-know-gods-will\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" title=\"Gods-Will\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/Gods-Will-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/how-do-i-know-gods-will\/\"><strong>How Do I Know God&#8217;s Will?<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/the-power-of-story\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-843\" title=\"chimamanda\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/chimamanda-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/the-power-of-story\/\">The Power of Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/what-would-you-do\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-845\" title=\"What-Would\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would-78x78.jpg 78w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/files\/2010\/08\/What-Would-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef11\/spotlight-schedule\/decisions-decisions\/what-would-you-do\/\">What Would You Do?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>BIOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Jeanene Reese is an associate professor in Bible, Missions &amp; Ministry, director of the Center for Women in Christian Service, and author of <em>Bound and Determined: Christian Men and Women in Partnership<\/em> (2010).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day we are inundated with decisions. 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