By: Kyle Chalko on September 13, 2018
Insight Out by Dr. Tina Seelig was a fast-paced ride that kept the reader engaged and entertained all the way through. This might be expected when you see the Seelig is an instructor at Stanford with a degree in Neuroscience, and teaches classes on creativity. What some people may now know though, is that Insight…
By: Colleen Batchelder on September 13, 2018
For years, we as pastors have echoed countless sermons on leadership, purpose and understanding one’s calling. However, most messages lead congregants to a euphoric sense of inspiration without any form of personal application. The mood is set, the lights are dim, and the band is enveloped in the last chorus of Beautiful Name. However, in…
By: Mike on September 13, 2018
Tina Seelig’s Insight Out helps dreams come alive. Focusing on imagination, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurism she provides a step-by-step guidebook for dreamers who want to transform their ideas into a reality. Seelig uses a practical approach to help the reader advance their idea from imagination to implementation. This post will examine Seelig’s work and explore…
By: Rev Jacob Bolton on September 13, 2018
A few years ago, the church I currently serve took a trip to Scotland. We traveled to Iona and the Highlands, and also took in the sights in Edinburgh and Saint Andrews. While touring the lovely city of Glasgow, we stumbled upon the stunning Doulton Fountain. This fountain, located on Glasgow Green, features four distinct…
By: Chris Pritchett on September 13, 2018
How many times in your life have you seen a simple new invention that went viral and said, “Why didn’t I think of that?” The figit spinner—a stupid toy for people who do not know how to process their anxiety, which is a growing population in the States as technology continues to speed up the…
By: Jenn Burnett on September 13, 2018
Civil society depends in part upon the existence of a system of justice which ensures the behaviour of individuals is within the parameters of agreed upon values. These values are usually translated into laws with further regulations granting a governing body the power of enforcement. In a democratic system, the hope is that the elected…
By: Dave Watermulder on September 13, 2018
I won’t lie. I’m a sucker for this kind of book. Although the author Tina Seelig may have other “entrepreneurs” in mind, her book Insight Out: Get Ideas out of Your Head and Into the Worldreally can apply to a wide variety of people, myself included! She invites her readers to expand their scope by…
By: Harry Edwards on September 13, 2018
The announcement came over Facebook, “Are you excited for the Hong Kong Advance? We are!” That declaration came from one our administrators at the seminary encouraging our cohort to get ready for our upcoming trip. Don’t get me wrong, of course I’m excited but right now I can’t get past the thought of having to…
By: Rhonda Davis on September 13, 2018
First of all, I am embarrassed to reveal that this reading has been the totality of my encounter with the history and culture of Hong Kong. After this reading, I feel I have a greater understanding of why this advance is so important. I have used the reading of A Modern History of Hong Kong…
By: Karen Rouggly on September 13, 2018
I love to make an entrance. Having a background in theatre, there are few things that excite me more than the first time you walk onto the stage for the first time in a role. There is a rush of adrenaline unlike any other. You take a breath, say a prayer that you will remember…
By: Jennifer Williamson on September 13, 2018
As a missionary, one of the questions I frequently get asked is, “How did God call you to France?” Everyone loves a good “call” story. Indeed, most missionaries can point to a moment when they sensed either a pull towards a particular people group or an inclination towards a particular type of ministry. Whether through…
By: Sean Dean on September 13, 2018
Creating community is difficult. It becomes more difficult when you have people from opposing view points or with different end goals. That is the predicament Hong Kong found itself in for decades. There were the native Chinese people who came to Hong Kong for a living but were still committed to their communities on the…
By: Digby Wilkinson on September 13, 2018
The evolution of the British empire over several centuries was one of ‘divide and rule’. The early expansion of the 15th–18th centuries was a simple exercise in trade exploitation under the thin veil of financially backed ‘exploration’.[1] However, that exploration often confronted two realities: extraordinary economic opportunity alongside non-compliant populations. For the most part, the…
By: Wallace Kamau on September 12, 2018
I could not Help but unravel the spiritual mapping of Hong Kong and specifically ‘The walled City’ that Pullinger refers to in her book, Chasing the Dragon as I read the book, Modern History of Hong Kong by Tsang, Steve. All the challenges that were faced by the families living in the squalid conditions of…
By: Wallace Kamau on September 12, 2018
Reading the account of Jackie Pullinger about Her ministry in Hong Kong was a refreshing reminder that we cannot be effective in ministry without the help of The Holy Spirit. It brought to mind my encounter in ministry as a young believer when I was assigned the responsibility to preach to middle school children in…
By: Mario Hood on September 12, 2018
Growing up in a small country town called Anderson in South Carolina the history I taught was our family history of struggle and poverty. Growing up in America within the public school system the only “world history” we were primarily focused on was that of our own country. Even in this narrow upbringing and understanding…
By: John Muhanji on September 10, 2018
Reading the book “Chasing the Dragon “has opened a lot of insights that I thought I would ever get from such a book. At first, I never took this book seriously just by its title, and I was questioning myself why choose such a book for the course. The word dragon is always identified…
By: Mike on September 9, 2018
The Theology of Leadership Journal’s purpose is to advance Christian leadership by giving it some theological space to discuss, debate, and perhaps embrace the differences that make the difference for incarnational leadership. Since the Theology of Leadership Journal (TLJ) first published in 2018 there were few scholarly reviews found on their material. Nevertheless, the TLJ…
By: Nancy VanderRoest on September 8, 2018
I found Pullinger’s book to be both fascinating and heart-wrenching. The author presented a story of intrigue, passion, and heroism in a nonfiction book detailing a portion of her life. This book is a true story about the author’s journey through a dark kingdom and the beautiful touch of God that she brought to prostitutes,…
By: Jay Forseth on September 7, 2018
Adler [1] taught us how to read a book, so in my “reading” it was obvious to me the Editorial Team of Theology of Leadership Journal [2] was strongly Dutch. Names like Huizing, Hamstra and Schuringa sound like families of my Dutch high school in Denver, Colorado. Nothing against the Dutch, especially since I am 50%…
