By: Kristin Hamilton on September 14, 2016
My daughter, Grace, is an incredible visual ethnographer and she does not even know it. I imagine it is that way with many of her generation. As she goes through life, she documents the people and experiences in a way that offers a lens that not only invites others into the experience, but also allows…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on September 14, 2016
Technology has transformed the way we live our lives. From the way we interact with others to the way we connect and share with those around us. It has informed the way we engage in understanding other cultures and therefore expanding our worldview. With this great transformation comes new ways and methods by which we…
By: Lynda Gittens on September 14, 2016
LGP7 DOING VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY The author has written on this subject before and based on the current technology, she decided to update her writing to include these new era of ideas. She stated that this book maybe geared more toward researchers. This statement encouraged me to be more attentive to what was written. I must…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on September 14, 2016
“A picture is worth a thousand words” can be the sentence summary for the book “Doing Visual Ethnography” authored by Pink. I found myself contemplating the power of the picture. As the senses are alerted, emotions provoked, and curiosity peaked, the viewer is drawn into the visual as they wrestle through a variety of emotions…
By: Rose Anding on September 14, 2016
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NKJV) “But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, and the deep…
By: Geoff Lee on September 14, 2016
Jason mentioned recently his desire to throw a book across a room in frustration at the contorted writing of the author. While I did not ultimately use this book as a projectile, it was a close run thing, and the volume did teeter on the tips of my fingers on several occasions. First of…
By: Pablo Morales on September 9, 2016
My journey with Jim Collins has been an unexpected one. I was first introduced to Good to Great by a missionary serving in Nicaragua. I read it for the first time out of curiosity and I found it engaging. Years later, I read the book a second time while I was pastoring a declining church.…
By: Jason Kennedy on September 9, 2016
One of the most quintessential leadership books that has had a major impact on my ministry and leadership has been Jim Collins’, Good To Great. Collins’ basic premise for his work is that good companies never achieve greatness because they are satisfied with the status quo of being good. Collins, in his monograph Good to…
By: Stu Cocanougher on September 9, 2016
The title How to Read a Book sounds like an instructional manual. And in many ways, it is. No, the book does not teach the alphabet, nor does it illustrate how to make letters into words. Punctuation is not discussed in detail. Yet, the book has a lot to say about the experience of reading,…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on September 9, 2016
Dancing comes to mind when describing the author’s concept of reading a book. There is a rhythm, flow, and movement both the reader and the writer need to subscribe to in order for there to be a graceful, beautiful experience. If there is not a clear writing process, the reader gets lost and frustrated in…
By: Kristin Hamilton on September 8, 2016
I have to admit I was less than thrilled about the prospect of reading How to Read a Book by Adler and Van Doren for the first book of my doctoral studies. It just seemed odd. At this point in my academic career, reading a book about how to read seemed a little redundant. When…
By: Kevin Norwood on September 8, 2016
Level 5 Leadership In his “extra chapter,” Jim Collins really brings some great insight into the difference of leadership between a “for profit” business and the social sector or “not for profit” organizations.[1] I have been keenly aware over the past year that most of the “great” authors of the books that we have read…
By: Phil Goldsberry on September 8, 2016
Introduction The leadership market is filled with a plethora of authors and principles that vacillate from “snake oil” to legitimate and practical practices and theories. Among the best is widely acclaimed and respected author Jim Collins. In my opinion, Collins is considered a canonized author on the sacred writings of leadership. Since its release, then…
By: Chip Stapleton on September 8, 2016
When I was in high school and college in the late 80’s and early 90’s Cliff’s Notes (then with the apostrophe) were a sort of a taboo in the schools I attended. [Cliff’s Notes, if you aren’t familiar are ‘study guides’ designed to help you pass a class/assignment without having read the text. In the…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on September 8, 2016
I found it ironic that the first book that I am asked to read in my doctoral program is the book “How to Read a Book” by Mortimer J Adler and Charles Van Doren. The irony is in the fact that it can be assumed that once you reach this level of academia you should…
By: Katy Drage Lines on September 8, 2016
I am working under the following assumptions: those who venture to read this blog post are intelligent people; perhaps they have even read the book I review here. For whatever reason you have happened onto this post, welcome! Mortimer Adler’s classic 1940 book, updated with Charles Van Doren in 1972, guides the reader through a…
By: Lynda Gittens on September 8, 2016
It was a challenge for me to read a book about how to read a book. The author shared his points on the levels of reading, types of books, and the ways to approach reading. He stated that there were four levels of reading: elementary, inspectional, analytical, and syntopical. He dissected each level to provide…
By: Aaron Cole on September 8, 2016
Introduction: Good to Great by Jim Collins is one of the best books on leadership. Collins not only engages the reader with the simplicity and highly applicable nature of his writing, but also supports his theories and leadership principles with real data and research. Although Collins is addressing companies the application goes all the way…
By: Jim Sabella on September 8, 2016
When I saw that Adler’s and Van Doren’s How to Read a Book was listed as part of our course reading, it brought to mind an encounter I had when I first read the book several years ago. While I was reading the book on a park bench, a man came up to me and…
By: Marc Andresen on September 8, 2016
I am not interested in George Fox Evangelical Seminary producing good ministry leaders (pursuant to its mission). I am interested in the seminary applying the principles of Jim Collins’ Good to Great to its Doctor of Ministry program. If we as students were content to be part of good ministries, we would not be investing…
