{"id":14376,"date":"2015-10-01T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=14376"},"modified":"2015-09-30T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T02:30:16","slug":"education-at-any-age-october-1-2015-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/education-at-any-age-october-1-2015-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Education at any age, October 1, 2015 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few of my school books<\/p><\/div>\n

I have been taking courses to earn a Master’s Degree in Religious Education for the past two and a half years now. It is not an easy program and it requires many hours of dedication. I read and interpert, answer indepth questions, pray, go to classes, and write long indepth research papers at the end of each course. I really did not realize the extent of how much time this program would take from my life. However, as a former mentor of mine once said, “you can never make a mistake with education. Education is always an investment worth making.” He was right. I am learning so much more than I ever thought possible. I turn around and teach my students what I am learning. What I learn is more than history, and theories. It is taking the Catholic Religion, the Paschal Mystery, the sacraments, and all the traditions out of a building and applying them to every day life, meeting people where they are and welcoming them into a relationship with God.<\/p>\n

It does take time, dedication, and hours that I would rather be spending with my family. My family knows how much I value this education. Honestly, the reason I began this program was to have the credintials to become a teacher and to work professionally within the church. Now, it has made me aware of different perspectives, deepened my understanding, and challenged my faith. I still have two more years before I will graduate but every session I learn more. It doesn’t matter how old you are education is always an investment, a tool to grow, and a way to mature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Education is always important…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[146,1639,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}