By: Jennifer Eckert on October 6, 2024
In The 100-Year Life, authors Lynda Gratton and Andrew J. Scott highlight the global rise in lifespan, prompting governments and individuals to reconsider the models and current living practices to proactively plan for a longer life.[1] Such attention means intentionally redesigning how we think about life and time. While we all have a finite existence,…
By: Shela Sullivan on September 19, 2024
Introduction This week’s reading assignment is inspectional readings/review of the following books: Dreaming In Black And White High Ceilings: Women in Leadership God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It Dreaming in Black and White by Brett Fuller I was curious about the graphics on the book cover. The…
By: Christy on September 19, 2024
God’s Politics by Jim Wallis is a great book that will make any Christian introspective about their ideologies.[1] Wallis shows readers how God views war, economic justice, moral values, etc. I am looking forward to meeting Wallis and asking him how he encourages voters to weigh the various topics to determine how they should cast…
By: Daren Jaime on September 19, 2024
As all eyes are on Washington D.C. in November, next week’s trip to the nation’s capital will be highly anticipated. We have had debates, lobbying and all the political accoutrements that accompany a historical Presidential race. Partisanship, personality, and the press have helped to galvanize our gaze on 2 people, but at heart the fate…
By: Julie O'Hara on September 19, 2024
People sometimes express hopelessness about the lack of change they see in the issues that trouble society. In our reading this week, both Fuller and Butler suggest that by first embodying the change that people want to see, the church has the opportunity to influence society as a whole. By embodying a New Testament ethic…
By: Chad Warren on September 19, 2024
When entering the world of books on leadership, each one offers a unique lens through which we can explore ideas, experiences, and insights. In this blog, we’ll briefly examine three thought-provoking titles that tackle different themes, yet all share a common goal: to challenge our perspectives and inspire more profound reflection. From navigating the complexities…
By: Joel Zantingh on September 19, 2024
This week, I found it incredibly meaningful to engage in the writings of two of our Advance guest presenters, Brett E. Fuller, and Jim Wallis. My title might be a bit playful, as it comes from Fuller’s expressed desire in writing High Ceilings that he wanted to “share [his] insights with anyone who has an…
By: Debbie Owen on September 18, 2024
As we prepare for our trip to Washington DC next week, and in the midst of great turmoil and upheaval in the US and around the world, questions of race and gender couldn’t be more timely. Dreaming in Black and White – Brett Fuller This week we read two books by Brett Fuller. Let’s look…
By: Elysse Burns on September 18, 2024
The following summaries highlight the pivotal points of authors Brett Fuller and Jim Wallis. In each text, the authors encourage readers to rethink the status quo and strive for something bigger: racial reconciliation, women in spiritual leadership, and prophetic politics. They challenge us to engage. Jim Wallis said it well, “We are the ones we…
By: Kari on September 17, 2024
Politics, women in leadership, and America’s racism are three topics I choose not to discuss with certain family members. Ironically, these are also three topics of the books for this week’s assignment. Below are the main ideas in these books and questions I would like to ask the authors. God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets…
By: Graham English on September 17, 2024
The two authors represented in this post, come from very different backgrounds. Brett Fuller has served as a Senior pastor in his church for 30 years and he has served as an advisor to Republican president, George Bush. Jim Wallis is a theologian and political activist and has served as a spiritual advisor to Democratic…
By: Glyn Barrett on September 17, 2024
Each of the books today addresses some of the most challenging issues in contemporary society, namely, race, gender, and political faith. The first book, Dreaming in Black and White[1] by Brett Fuller, examines the complexities of race and faith in the context of personal transformation and leadership. The second, High Ceilings, Women in Leadership,[2] by…
By: Ryan Thorson on September 16, 2024
Both Fuller and Wallis’ books were helpful primers for our week together in DC and I am looking forward to learning from them both together as cohorts! Fuller seeks to add perspective in his book High Ceilings and his own insights into a long history of scholarship and debate around the biblical role of women in leadership.…
By: Jeff Styer on September 16, 2024
Brett Fuller’s Dreaming in Black and White[1] In his book Bishop Brett Fuller shares how racism impacted his own family and how their response helped them to rise above the feelings of anger associated with it. Fuller shares how racism is systemically built into our nations systems. Fuller makes a call for reconciliation and how…
By: Diane Tuttle on September 16, 2024
This post will discuss two authors whose works challenge readers to think and act in ways that seem contrary to conventional politics. Brett E. Fuller is a Christian pastor, author, who also serves as chaplain for the Washington Football Team. High Ceilings: Women In Leadership, offers a different perspective regarding where and how women are…
By: Adam Cheney on September 16, 2024
I loved the inspectional readings for this week. I found myself agreeing with both authors time and time again and look forward to our advance to hear their lectures in person. I will certainly be diving back into these books to read them completely. This blog will overview this week’s readings and posit some questions…
By: Noel Liemam on September 15, 2024
Basically, How to Win For this particular reading or blogpost assignment, I have picked the book by Sun Tsu, “The Art of War.” It is claimed to have been written around the 5th Century BCE by a Chinese military strategist by the name Sun Tsu, and it said that the original text was written on…
By: Jennifer Eckert on September 15, 2024
This week’s assignment brings continued thoughts about power and dominance over those who are disenfranchised following my recent blog on John Wesley’s book, Thoughts Upon Slavery. Authors Jim Wallis and Brett Fuller bring meaningful and unique viewpoints that combine Biblical and historical reflections with contemporary ideas on leadership and justice. Jim Wallis, who wrote God’s…
By: Ryan Thorson on September 13, 2024
When asked to choose a book about leadership that has been in print for at least 300 years, it was interesting to search and not find anything that was explicitly stated as a leadership book. It got me thinking about how, in the Christian tradition that I’m familiar with, there was much more emphasis placed…
By: Chad Warren on September 12, 2024
In his introduction to Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, C.S. Lewis recommended reading old books. He contended, “ Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And…
