DLGP

Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives: Crafting Ministry in an Interconnected World

Numbers Tell a Story… (Cerita)

By: on February 6, 2024

I was eager to read, [1] “How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers” by Tim Harford. Numbers intimidate me. My history with math exams in school and college was challenging, but upon reading the reviews, I convinced myself that it was time to overcome my intimidation of numbers…

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Cancel Culture…No one is safe, not even Dr. Seuss

By: on February 6, 2024

In 2021, the Dr. Seuss Foundation voluntarily pulled several books from print due to racial and ethnic stereotypes which caused quite a backlash in the children’s literary community as well as with the many fans that still adore Dr. Seuss’s writings. An article, “Dr. Seuss Books are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts” put…

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The Anti-Hero

By: on February 6, 2024

I have four teenage daughters living at home. Thus, the iconic star – Taylor Swift, is a topic of discussion around our dinner table almost nightly. This week we have seen a collision of the political world and pop culture, all centering around Taylor Swift. Now, I am not a closet Swiftie (A person who…

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مسیحی منصرف شده در کلرادو اسپرینگز.

By: on February 6, 2024

مسیحی منصرف شده در کلرادو اسپرینگز., Cancelled Christian in Colorado Springs (Arabic) Part 1: Introduction/I think I have been cancelled! Part 2: What I gleaned from Greg Part 3: What my peers are saying Epilogue   Part 1: I think I have been cancelled When I came to Colorado Springs in 2021, I was dead…

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Honor and Shame?

By: on February 6, 2024

“Cancel culture” has always seemed to be one of those terms that everybody uses differently. Ask ten people what it means, and you’ll get ten different answers. This coupled with the fact that many examples of canceling seem happen to celebrities and/or public figures, I’ve never really given too much thought to cancel culture. This…

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Canceled by an Algorithm?

By: on February 5, 2024

From elementary age until I was a young adult, Bill Cosby provided me with hundreds of hours of entertainment. From watching the animated series “Fat Albert” on Saturday mornings, to belly laughing while listening to vinyl comedy albums (remember those?) to my standing appointment with “must-see TV” that kicked off every Thursday at 8p with…

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Loving Through Dialogue

By: on February 5, 2024

What is so distinctive about this point in time that earns it the designation of being a “Cancel Culture?” Surely, there have been other times when society has been strongly rewarded for complying with a norm and penalized for going against the grain. These thoughts and more were in my mind as I sat to…

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What’s So Amazing About Grace?

By: on February 5, 2024

I have a bad case of jet lag. Really bad. I experienced it going TO Europe a few weeks ago, and I got it again coming BACK to Oregon a few days ago. I didn’t think it would affect my return trip, because I was drinking lots of water, holding off bedtime, and doing all…

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Cancel Culture and New Institutions

By: on February 5, 2024

As I write this, I’m pondering Bobby Duffy’s Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything, reminding myself that “the world…is frequently not anywhere near as bad as we think.”[1] But even if we ARE wrong about a lot of things, the effects of Cancel Culture are real, particularly on college campuses, especially over the past several…

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A Letter Written on the Walls of Higher Education

By: on February 5, 2024

 For my post, I wrote a hypothetical letter to leaders in Christian higher education believing that things can and will improve–based on the solutions our readings suggest.   A Letter Written on the Walls of Higher Education Dear Christian Higher Education Administration, Whenever I read books like The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines…

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Is Cancel Culture All Bad? I’m Not So Sure

By: on February 5, 2024

In The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All, Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott focus on what has become known as “cancel culture,”: how it began, its destructive effects, and how to push back against it.   How did Cancel Culture come about and what is…

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All We Want is Life Beyond the Thunderdome

By: on February 3, 2024

In her 1985 hit song, We Don’t Need Another Hero, musician Tina Turner sang, “All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome.”[1] This anti-love song is about a woman who desperately yearned for “freedom beyond the ragged dystopia”[2] of her oppressed and loveless marriage. She finally sought and found independence and encouraged others to stand…

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Kryptonite, Agendas and Exploration

By: on February 2, 2024

“What does the Lord Require of Me? But to do Justice, and to Love Mercy and to Walk Humbly with our God.” Micah 6:8 Kryptonite I have a weakness…an Achilles heel, and I’m willing to admit it today: I suck at arguing! I found myself on edge as I read Evangelization and Ideology: How to…

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Amorukonat, Life’s Journey.

By: on February 2, 2024

This book, “The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work,” has a very long ‘working-out’, or way of showing, or detailing of the stated point. I tried here and there within the chapters to pick up the points, but it takes me longer time therefore, I went to look for the summary and…

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My Introduction to Biblical Sign-Acts and the Hero’s Journey

By: on February 2, 2024

This week I had the privilege of visiting Chiang Mai, Thailand for a company retreat. Personally, I feel like I took my own Hero’s Journey just to get here from Mauritania. While in Thailand, I have participated in many sessions meant to encourage those of us working overseas. The teaching that most sparked my interest…

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Christianity Amidst the Challenges of Corruption

By: on February 1, 2024

Avoiding living in a false world may sound academic and detached from everyday concerns. But that assessment rapidly changes the moment someone or some group comes along and tries to conscript you into their ideological fantasy … You can run, you can submit, you can bloody your knuckles. Or you can craft a better argument…

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