By: Rose Anding on June 22, 2017
Introduction Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa is authored by Mark Mathabane. The playwright narrates how he was brought up in overwhelming poverty and received education in cruel boulevards and the most distressed ghetto of South Africa, where bloody gang battles and midnight police incursions…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on June 21, 2017
There were two perspectives I came from as I read “Kaffir Boy”: #1- Professionally, as a therapist, understanding the emotionally damaging effects of living in an oppressive state and the power of compassion. #2- Personally, viewing my first experiences of overt discrimination and my ethnic friendships. #1- Professionally, understanding the effects … To live…
By: Pablo Morales on June 21, 2017
Author Mark (Johannes) Mathabane wrote his autobiography in 1986 in order to give people a window into the atrocities of Apartheid. The book Kaffir Boy describes life in the segregated township of Alexandra through the eyes of a child who eventually escapes the suffocating claws of poverty and segregation through the pursuit of education. Through his love for tennis, Johannes eventually gets…
By: Lynda Gittens on June 21, 2017
KAFFIR BOY young students in Soweto, South Africa (Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Mission trip) People moving out, people moving in. Why, because of the color of their skin. Run, run, run but you sure can’t hide. Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation. Ball of confusion. Oh yeah, that’s what…
By: Mary Walker on June 21, 2017
I had to believe in myself and not allow apartheid to define my humanity.[1] Mark Mathabane The delusion lies in the fact that no matter how well we think we know the Other, we still judge from within the imprisoning framework of our own limited cultural criteria, we still speak within the cliché of the…
By: Kevin Norwood on June 21, 2017
London Advance 2016 Visual Ethnography by Kevin Norwood for Dr. Jason Clark London Arriving in London was a refreshing time. We stayed in one of my favorite parts of all of London. Kensington is beautiful and the gardens are so detailed and manicured. Gathering back with friends that may…
By: gfu blog on June 21, 2017
As I wandered around London, suitcase in tow, sleep deprived and trying to find my hotel, I was intrigued by the culture. In my wanderings: I wondered at the homes crammed together, marveled at the ancient architecture, and bantered with the 4 taxi drivers who encouraged me to walk instead of taxi since it was “just around…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on June 21, 2017
‘My First Sermon’ by Sir John Everett Millais When we happened upon the Guildhall Art Gallery during a break one afternoon from our meetings in London – ‘happening upon’ an gallery containing both famous works of Art and an Roman archaeological site, is the kind of thing that you see in movies or hear in…
By: Claire Appiah on June 21, 2017
Personal Interests One Advance—two amazing historic cities: London and Oxford, that I had the privilege of experiencing with fellow cohorts in the Doctor of Ministry Leadership Global Perspectives program, and faculty at Portland George Fox Seminary. The assigned readings in my cohort (six) were preparatory for this Advance in many ways. This Advance required participants…
By: Aaron Cole on June 21, 2017
By: Rose Anding on June 21, 2017
London Bound… Traveling with my daughter Tamela 09/21/2016 The people of London were of all races and nationalities, all cultures like a Cajun dish named Jum-Ba-li and when thrown in the same pot and seasoned correctly (with the nourishment of mental food), they see…
By: Aaron Cole on June 21, 2017
Here’s the link. I have tried for 2 hours to upload and have dumped all the pics I can. My file shows it is below the 20mb file size, but it keeps kicking back. If I am missing something, my apologies. However this is all I know to do. https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhxavF1jqUiWpwjaRgOGb-L7NWSD
By: Aaron Peterson on June 21, 2017
By: Pablo Morales on June 21, 2017
Dr. Clark points out that the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Global Perspectives is a program designed for reflective practitioners. We reflect on the church, the world, and leadership. As it turned out, meeting in England proved to be the ideal place for reflective engagement. I had never experienced history with the same…
By: Phil Goldsberry on June 21, 2017
London:Oxford Advance VE It is posting as a PDF file. It has been operating properly. If there are issues please let me know.
By: gfu blog on June 21, 2017
Anticipation. Excitement. Trepidation. Anxiety. These are a few of the things I felt when I boarded the plane headed to London to join my cohort of 10, two previous cohorts, professors, administrators, and our lead mentor for the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Global Perspectives England Advance 2016. That’s a huge title, isn’t…
By: Garfield Harvey on June 21, 2017
George Fox Evangelical Seminary (by the time you read this would have changed its name to Portland Seminary) often create a thematic approach to its advance. The Advance to London-Oxford was themed “History meets future: Media, Globalization, Culture. This was an appropriate theme for three important reasons: George Fox Evangelical Seminary received the referendum to…
By: Stu Cocanougher on June 21, 2017
Mary Walker lives in Amity, Oregon in the beautiful Willamette Valley. With her wonderful husband of 42 years, Steve, she helps to manage four businesses. Mary and Steve have four adopted children and seven grandchildren. Visiting with the grandchildren is one of the chief delights of her life. She also loves reading, gardening, and cooking.…
By: Josiah Philipsen on June 21, 2017
Queen Lynda Wright Gittens was born in Houston, Texas during an era where the hope of achievement in America was held and inspired by her parents, church leaders, and teachers. She was born in the era of segregation where her kind was referred to on paper a colored. Through her lifetime she has been identified…
By: Lynda Gittens on June 21, 2017
Told Her Way In God’s good Kingdom, some people minister like trees, long-standing, rooted in a community. They embody words of Wendell Berry, “stay years if you would know… the genius of the place.” Others, however, are called to go. Katy is one of those pilgrims. A global nomad, Katy grew up as a fifth…
