Missiology Comes Home
My 20th birthday was celebrated in a simple concrete and tile home in Pasig, Metro Manila. Weeks earlier, I boarded a 747 from Nashville to spend my 10-week summer break in the Philippines. My partner and I lived with a Filipino family who adopted us as their own. Our task was simple, serve Pasig…
What drives you?
“Leading in the twenty-first-century world means maneuvering the twists and turns of a multidimensional world. The continually shifting landscape of global leadership can be disorienting; experience and intuition alone a re not enough. But cultural intelligence offers a way through the maze that’s not only effective but also invigorating and fulfilling.“[1] Leading with Cultural Intelligence…The Process and the Prophet
I am a student of history and of people. I am fascinated in studying how people think about any particular event or action. Recently, I have discovered a documentary on Netflix entitled The Seven-Five. It is a gritty tale of how cops, those sworn to serve and protect, ended up running drugs for Columbian drug…On the value of Cultural Intelligence or Making Peace with Eating First
My third Sunday at Good Shepherd was a bit of a whirlwind. I was still very much learning the ‘ins and outs’ of what a ‘regular’ Sunday and so this ‘special’ Sunday was a complete mystery. This fact was complicated by the fact that I didn’t know that there was going to be a baptism…It All Makes So Much Sense Now (or I Think I’m Moving to Sweden)
Like David Livermore, I am fascinated by cultures and their differences. I love learning how different cultural values are lived out daily in the community as well as how they contrast with other cultures. Leading With Cultural Intelligence is like reading an encyclopedia or a dictionary in which I uncover new things that help me…What Good is IQ without CQ & EQ?
With the ability to interface with cultures worldwide through travel and technology, and relating to various cultures in our communities, the development of CQ is essential if we are to create healthy relationships and communities. Cultural intelligence, as defined by Livermore as: “the capacity to function effectively across national, ethnic, and organizational cultures” (24), is…Lessons For The Segregated Church
SUMMARY In The Rise and Fall of Apartheid, professor David Welsh describes the social system of racial segregation that the National Party established in South Africa from 1948-1994. Walsh divides the Apartheid in three chronological stages in which several laws were established in order to ensure white supremacy in the midst of a multiethnic society.…WHAT’S YOUR CQ? LIVERMORE
At this moment in America, the term ‘intelligence’ has been on the news, social media, and social conversations. There are several ‘intelligence’ terms: Intelligence Quotient (IQ), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Now on the news the terms we hear or read about Israel Intelligence, Europe Intelligence, and the U.S. Intelligence. In the atmosphere…Hope Amid Hopelessness
Introduction The doctrine of Original Sin is straightforward. The ramifications and fallout are more challenging to understand their impact and profundity. I would propose that one of the most heinous of our fallen/sin nature is a breakdown, and even hatred, for people who are different than us. This breakdown/hatred is profoundly the opposite of the…7 Leadership Lessons from Apartheid
I read David Welsh’s huge tome, The Rise and Fall of Apartheid specifically looking for some leadership take-aways. I know the history is important and that details matter. Trust me, this book is packed, maybe too much so, with details. Since this is a leadership class and not a history class though, I decided to…Changing the World
Introduction The Apartheid rule had dominated the South African nation for a long time and the Nationalists practiced it with utter disregard for the minorities.[i] Walsh’s book introduces F. W. de Klerk as the leader of the Nationalist movement and as willing to accept the replacement of Apartheid by a more comprehensive and inclusive rule.…Overwhelming Complexity
Summary The Rise and Fall of Apartheid, by David Welsh, is an expansive and historical explanation of the South African Apartheid moment and its’ ultimate downfall. Welsh’s focus is on the effect of the mid-century rise of racism due to Afrikaner nationalism, white South Africans of Dutch origin who held anti-British sentiment resulting in white…Abolishing Apartheid
David Welsh—The Rise and Fall of Apartheid Introduction In this detailed and thorough work, David Welsh traces the emergence of apartheid in South Africa in 1948 to its demise in 1994. This scholar explores the dynamics contributing to the transition of South Africa from a racial oligarchy to an inclusive democratic social order. His stated…The Fall of Apartheid
This week our doctoral cohort was challenged to read a book that has a shifting backdrop of global politics. There shouldn’t be any surprise since our program centers on global leadership. The author wanted us to see a struggle between those maintaining and defending one system, while the other concedes to threats or violence through…If It Were Only That Simple!
Summary There was a time when people stated that the world “is becoming” more and more global. We may be at a point and time where that is no longer the case; in many ways, we now live in a global world. And yet, culture is still culture, and geopolitical lines are still hard lines…Energized by Cross-Cultural Encounters
“The challenge for us as leaders is to see our existence not only in terms of our own interests but ultimately about things larger than us.”[1] Of all the books we’ve read so far, this book really rocked with me the most. David Livermore’s enthusiasm for his subject, Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is very captivating. Because…“Is England in London?”
“I have a friend in London – do you know them?” “Y’all are visiting England – do they still serve bland food like they did when I visited twenty years ago?” These are just a couple of the culturally intelligent questions I have heard or read from a certain nationality in the past couple of…Global or Nationalistic Perspectives?
In the Spring of 1970 two foolish twenty year old young men, one white and one black, walked the streets of Capetown, South Africa together. We went places marked for whites only and for blacks only. We were refused service in restaurants. We were cheered by cars of blacks who drove by. Phil and I…Meat and bones and theology
There is so much meat in Martin Percy’s Shaping the Church: The Promise of Implicit Theology that I cannot wait to sit down and really devour it as a full meal rather than as a buffet from which I only have the ability to eat a few bites from each section. I’m not sure exactly…Concentrate on worship, discipleship and outreach just a little more
Being a part of a denominational church has its challenges. There are structures that have existed for a hundred years. There are political positions and there are power players. There are traditions that are amazing and there are traditions that are very out of touch and out of date. There are names that have become…
