{"id":387,"date":"2010-02-20T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T00:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2011-03-04T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T17:43:12","slug":"pom-reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/profiles-of-ministry\/pom-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"PoM Reflections – Junior Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Personal Characteristics: Examine your profile in these three areas. List three strengths that your profile indicates you bring to ministry. <\/strong><\/p>\n

fidelity to tasks and persons
\nperceptive counseling
\ninvolvement in caring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Select an area of growth indicated by your profile. Be specific about how you plan to work on that area during the year. What resources are available to help you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acknowledgement of limitations<\/strong> is indicated as a definite area for growth for me.\u00a0 There are a number of ways in which I need to change in this regard.\u00a0 While I believe I have too keen of an awareness of my own limitations, I don\u2019t generally live by those limitations because I have a hard time believing they are acceptable.\u00a0 Instead I press myself to exceed all expectations and overcome all limitations, and when I fail, which is only natural, I berate myself unendingly.\u00a0 At the same time, unbelievably enough, pride can be an issue for me; I need to learn to humbly confess my shortcomings and wrongdoings instead of ignoring them or blaming them, as I sometimes do, on circumstances or my propensity to depression.\u00a0 I\u2019m honestly not sure what all I can specifically do to change in this area.\u00a0 I am seeing a counselor, though, and this is one of the things that we\u2019re looking to improve.<\/p>\n

Special Concerns: Examine your profile in this area. Which characteristic concerns you most? Be both concrete and realistic about what you intend to do in this area this year.\u00a0 What resources are available to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Self-protecting behavior<\/strong> was the one of these three potentially negative characteristics that I actually scored lowest on, but it is the one that I see most in my life, and it is the one that has worried me for quite some time. I think it goes hand in hand with my inability to accept the fact that it\u2019s okay for me to have limitations. I expect myself to be perfect at everything, and because I know that I won\u2019t be, I tend to strategically protect myself. Other than the tendency to be disorganized, every sentence in the descriptive paragraph for this trait describes me. Again, I\u2019m working with my counselor to find some ways to improve in this area, but things I can imagine being potentially helpful would be attempting to get a more realistic view of myself and celebrating my strengths instead of constantly focusing on my weaknesses.\u00a0 I am very sensitive to criticism, also, so I think putting myself in a situations where I can receive constructive criticism and survive it without self-destructing would be a good exercise for me.\u00a0 This is already happening in some ways in my classes and my mentoring group.<\/p>\n

Perceptions\u00a0of Ministry:\u00a0Examine your profile in these four areas. From these four areas, list three strengths that your profile revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

balanced approach to world missions
\nopenness to pluralism
\nencouragement of world missions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are there one or two characteristics you want to develop more fully this year? Be specific. What resources are available to help you? What is it that you plan to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to bring my theologically oriented counseling<\/strong> more in line with my perceptive counseling<\/strong>, which will mostly mean being more purposeful about discussing theological and scriptural connections and incorporating talk about God\u2019s plans and purposes as I listen to and advise others.<\/p>\n

I would also like to see my ideals and actions be more consistent when it comes to my thoughts on aggressive political leadership<\/strong>.\u00a0 My convictions in this arena are not nearly as established or as strong as the profile seems to indicate they are, but I would like to explore what exactly those convictions are and then align my actions with them.\u00a0 That will require some contemplation of the theological implications of my politics and the political implications of my theology.\u00a0 I hope to be able to look into\u00a0 those issues more, with the guidance of scripture, my mentors, and the writings of those who have considered these issues in depth.<\/p>\n

Respond to the feedback from the following assessments: (provide at least one insight, any concerns, and plans for follow up actions).<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEO<\/strong> – The assessment\u2019s results were not surprising in any way to me; they reflected my own understanding of myself.\u00a0 The concerns that I have relate mostly to the N domain, on which I scored very high.\u00a0 I can definitely see myself reflected in its indications that I tend toward strong emotional reactions which can sometimes be debilitating.\u00a0 Also, in the E domain\u2019s description, the statement that I am \u201cless prone to experience feelings of joy and happiness than most women\u201d did not surprise me, but it does sadden me because it does seem so accurate.<\/p>\n

EQi <\/strong>– Again, no surprises here.\u00a0 Assertiveness is a definite area of growth for me.\u00a0 I am often quite passive for varied reasons\u2014I tend to value others more than I value myself, it is especially difficult for me to reveal my innermost thoughts and feelings to others, and I am overly afraid of rejection.\u00a0 And while I\u2019ve always know I am empathetic and emotionally self-aware, I had never clearly seen just how much I am susceptible to carry those potentially positive characteristics to extremes which can be difficult or harmful.\u00a0 I need to learn to better separate myself from my own emotions, and I need to maintain some distance between others\u2019 lives and my own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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