I just finished reading Peter Vaill's book Learning as a Way of Being. There are a few concepts worth blogging about.
I totally resonate with his underlying theme--we live at a place and time in history that could be considered permanent white water. We live in a turbulent and chaotic time in history that is full of rapid change. Vaill says it's like "playing a game we have never played before." The key to surviving white water is continual learning--learning as a way of being.
I love Vaill's distinction between three kinds of knowledge. Acquiring the ability to do something is know-how. Acquiring a fuller and deeper knowledge of something is know-what. Grasping the value and meaning of something is know-why. Vaill says, "We need to understand human learning in terms of all three dimensions: know-how, know-what, and know-why."
I think most Christians are strong on know-what, but weak on know-how and know-why. As a communicator, my challenge is helping people grow in all three dimensions.