By: David Toth on October 10, 2013
Miller and Yamamori’s book, “Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement, is an encouraging read in the sense that it serves as a literary ‘news cast’ of sorts, giving the reader a multitude of updates on the many and various ways Pentecostals are engaging social ministries around the globe. The authors, on three…
By: Deve Persad on October 10, 2013
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on the bedrock.” Matthew 7:24-25 NLT Jesus’ conclusion to the…
By: Chris Ellis on October 10, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Donald Miller’s Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement. To be perfectly honest, my understanding of Pentecostalism is informed by experiences from my childhood that are, shall we say, less then ideal. When I was a senior in high school, I went on a mission trip to Ghana with…
By: Ashley Goad on October 10, 2013
(Note: Please forgive the formatting. I am submitting via cell phone under a mango tree on top of a mountain! Greetings from Haiti!) I was not looking forward to this next series of books. I much prefer reading about ethnography and practical application of any principle. Perhaps my conservative seminary background put a bad taste…
By: Richard Volzke on October 10, 2013
Krish Kandiah, Executive Director: Evangelical Alliance London, United Kingdom, made a faculty presentation on “Holistic Disciple Making” at the “Leadership Global Perspective Advance” conducted by George Fox Evangelical Seminary in London. In challenging the students and faculty to the task of Christian disciple making, Kandiah advocated that spiritual formation is essentially the church’s primary task…
By: Mitch Arbelaez on October 10, 2013
Allow me to apologize first of all for the tardiness of this post. For some reason I got into my mind that there was a reprieve of this assignment due to our traveling to London. But alas, I was incorrect. Upon my return there were things stacked against me in my absence. But here, at…
By: Sandy Bils on October 9, 2013
There are two persistent prejudices about Pentecostals. They always have their hands in their air (or laid on people in prayer) They are so tied up in charismatic worship, that they are not focused on social ministry. Both are not exactly right. Reading “Global Pentecostalism – The new face of Christian social engagement” the authors…
By: Sharenda Roam on October 9, 2013
From birth until 23 years of age I considered myself “United Pentecostal.” My father pastored a fairly large church in our “headquarters” location of St. Louis, Missouri. We did not own a television or go to movies and my female garb was restricted to skirts and dresses with no excesses such as makeup and jewelry…
By: Fred Fay on October 8, 2013
I am Pentecostal, although I prefer the word Charismatic. Pentecostals have been known for their extreme emotionalism and demonstrative behavior, neither of which I am. The importance of God’s immediate presence expressed and sensed are part of how I relate to God. Our church history has been one in which we withdrew from the community…
By: Raphael Samuel on September 30, 2013
Posted by: Raphael Samuel. In the “Doing Sensory Ethnography”, author Sarah Pink adapts a scholarly approach in documenting and assessing the many changes unfolding in the field of ethnography. To further help her audience process these development, pink also draws on her own experiences in research in the field of ethnography. The book is very…
By: David Toth on September 25, 2013
In the book Good to Great and The Social Sectors Jim Collins makes the case that greatness is a framework that belongs to both business and the social sectors. He writes that his “Good to Great” principles do indeed work in the social sectors even better than he anticipated. He continues to relate five questions that are…
By: gfesadmin on September 25, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on September 25, 2013
Richard Volzke: A Visual Ethnographer rvolzke: A Visual Ethnographer While reading Doing Visual Ethnography by Pink this week, the quote “a picture is worth 1000 words” kept coming to mind. Pink primarily focuses on photographic interpretation of society and culture and after reading the book, it dawned on me that visual ethnography has…
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By: Julie Dodge on September 23, 2013
“Images are ‘everywhere’. They permeate our academic work, everyday lives, conversations, our imagination and our dreams.” So Sarah Pink opens her approach to Doing Visual Ethnography (2007). Pink walks the reader through a conceptualization of conducting ethnography through the use of visual tools such as photography, video, existing visual images, and using various approaches including…
By: Mark Steele on September 21, 2013
Good to Great by Jim Collins has been one of my favorite leadership books ( Collins 2001). I Have had the opportunity to take a number of team members through the principles Collins articulates. One principle in particular, “getting the right people on the bus,” has challenged me for many years. I remember one of…
