By: Michael Badriaki on January 16, 2015
I was born in a culture where thinking about your neighbor, sharing one’s life and possessions with others was part and parcel of the air we breathed in the village. I am using the term village to mean my family, relative and friends who helped raise, nurture and prepare me for life, thus the proverbial…
By: Ashley Goad on January 16, 2015
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement is about the modern life of humans. It explores attachment, parenting, education, love, family, culture, achievement, marriage, politics, morality, aging, and death by exploring a wide range of disciplines, including evolutionary psychology, neurobiology, cognitive science, behavioral economics, and education theory. Given the table of contents,…
By: Liz Linssen on January 15, 2015
“Modern society has created a giant apparatus for the cultivation of hard skills, while failing to develop the moral and emotional faculties down below. Children are coached on how to jump through a thousand hoops. Yet by far the most important decisions they will make are about whom to marry and whom to befriend, what…
By: Deve Persad on January 15, 2015
Spending a great deal of time each week listening to people: their fears, hopes, failures and aspirations, is a continual education. It teaches me much about the importance of genuine relationships and the meaning derived from those relationships. For some, just having someone to actively listen can provide an assurance about the strength of their…
By: Clint Baldwin on January 15, 2015
“Minds are intensely permeable…Invisible Networks Filling the Space Between Them”[1] David Brooks writes a book titled The Social Animal. In the United States, the book has also been subtitled in different editions, The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement and A Story of How Success Happens. Personally, I like the first title better for…
By: Telile Fikru Badecha on January 15, 2015
In his book, The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens, David Brooks, explores the unconscious mind. Brooks relates his theory in a more accessible way using the fictional characters of two people who led wonderfully fulfilling lives (p.5). The reason for their success is, Brook explains, “They possessed what economists call noncognitive skills,…
By: Stefania Tarasut on December 17, 2014
I found The Matrix of Christian Ethics by Patrick Nullens and Ronald Michener a little bit frustrating. Not because I didn’t agree with it, but because it reminds me of the heart of God and how different His values and mine are. I appreciated the way the authors always go back to the heart of…
By: Stefania Tarasut on December 17, 2014
Discipline! Discipline! Discipline! This is what I walk away with after reading Jim Collins’ book Good to Great as well as Good to Great and the Social Sectors. Without discipline we can probably do some good things, but it is discipline that will give us that boost from just an average person, or average worker…
By: Michael Badriaki on December 13, 2014
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By: Telile Fikru Badecha on December 11, 2014
Hello Friends! Here the link to My VE: https://drive.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/?tab=mo#my-drive Blessings! Telile
By: Mitch Arbelaez on December 9, 2014
Attached you will find my VE presentation. It is more or less a read along with pictures. Just click into this title and then click the link below when it turns blue. Blessings to each of you! In The Shadow of The Mountain by J. Mitch Arbelaez Cape Town Review 2014
By: Clint Baldwin on December 9, 2014
Friends, Here is a bit of reflection on our semester together. I’ve had a bit of trouble with the file (apparently it’s a bit larger). You may have to actually download it to view. I hope the link works for everyone. Blessed Advent to all! Clint Ubuntu not Apartheid by Clint Baldwin
By: Liz Linssen on December 8, 2014
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By: Bill Dobrenen on December 8, 2014
Greetings to all! My file is too large with pics to post to our site so this is the text only version of my VE Synthesis paper. If you would like to see the whole enchilada with pics, you can download the file through this link: https://docs.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/uc?id=0B1HbbIUQoPuyWV9WajZwamVjMHM&export=download I hope the link works for you. I…
By: Deve Persad on December 8, 2014
As I write this post I’m looking at a painting I purchased in the Capetown harbour market. Having the chance to meet the artist and his brother, helped me to understand the real life application of many of the stories we heard while in South Africa. Their story does not appear in my report or…
By: Carol McLaughlin on December 8, 2014
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this learning journey. The meaning of our motto, Never Above, Never Below, Always Beside continues to unfold. links to visual ethnography: Flickr Haiku Deck (pretty new format, decided to give it a try). Word. doc McLaughlin_dmin737_VEsynthesis
By: John Woodward on December 5, 2014
To My LGP4 Cohort, Advisors, and Staff, Thank you for an amazing experience this semester. What a blessing to share this learning with all of you. My best wishes to all of you for a blessed and joyous Christmas season. In His Mercy, John Woodward woodward dmin737 VEsynthesis
By: rhbaker275 on December 5, 2014
Baker_DMIN737_VEsynthesis What a great experience we shared. I thank all the cohort members and special thanks to staff who worked for well over a year to provide us this great leaning experience. A very happy Christmas to you and your family. Ron
By: Julie Dodge on December 2, 2014
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas season, celebrating our Saviour! We’ll chat soon, no? Dodge_DMIN737_VESynthesis
By: Ashley Goad on November 30, 2014
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Happy First Sunday in Advent, friends. VE Paper: I Love to Tell the Story VE Presentation: CapeTown Advance
