By: Todd E Henley on October 30, 2024
Hunting in the harsh winter of Alaska presents significant challenges, and for an Eskimo, the risks can be life-threatening. In these extreme conditions, the threat of frostbite or freezing can become a reality in less than thirty minutes. This is why it’s crucial for hunters to be innovative and resourceful. One such practice involves coating…
By: Jennifer Eckert on October 30, 2024
Background People have divided themselves and others into groups for millennia. Ancient tribal and clan structures allowed families to share resources and protect one another from harm. As knowledge of agricultural practices took root, nomadic lifestyles were replaced with settlements. Social hierarchies formed organically and were based on wealth, land ownership, and labor. A major…
By: Graham English on October 30, 2024
Our peer, Glyn Barrett, shared in our syntopical Zoom chat that his father told him that the three greatest temptations for a pastor were, “gold, girls and glory.” All of these temptations are related to the issue at hand in the book I chose for my reading this week, “Reckoning With Power: Why The Church…
By: Adam Cheney on October 29, 2024
Over the weekend I hosted my workshop as I continue work on my project and my NPO. The problem I am working on is the lack of welcoming hospitality offered by Evangelical Christians to Somali Muslims. Thanks to Bebbington I have a better descriptor now for Evangelicals. I presented the group with a word picture…
By: Russell Chun on October 29, 2024
Part 1: Introduction Russell Moore in Losing OurReligion: An Altar Call in Evangelical America [1] has sparked active discussion in our class. Pastors from different denominations have waded in and grabbed Moore’s book to evaluate and critique themselves and the churches in this highly politicized presidential year. Part 2: What my peers are saying.…
By: Esther Edwards on October 29, 2024
As I read Losing Our Religion by Russell Moore, I was once again saddened by yet another book that broadcasts the state of the Evangelical Church at large. Moore speaks to those wounded and disillusioned evangelicals who have walked away or are thinking of walking away. One critique calls it “not only a memoir, but…
By: Kim Sanford on October 29, 2024
On the first day of my first class in my master’s program, I learned an important lesson, namely what it feels like to cross cultural boundaries. The professor of this Intercultural Communication class ran a simulation. Students were divided into groups to play a silent card game. At the end of each round the winner…
By: Glyn Barrett on October 28, 2024
Mark Sayer’s book, A Non-Anxious Presence, [1] is simply brilliant. Has there ever been a more applicable book that speaks to the zeitgeist of a time? 1 Chronicles 12:32 speaks of the men of Issachar who understood the times and knew what to do. Sayers would fit well into the description of those men. Sayers…
By: Jeff Styer on October 28, 2024
The book I read was called Estranged Pioneers: Race, Faith and Leadership in a Diverse World.[1] In this post, I am going to talk about this book in relation to Brett Fuller and then focus on an impactful quote from the book. My brother-in-law read this book this past summer as he may soon be…
By: Pam Lau on October 28, 2024
“Facts in isolation are false . . . A fact is true in the absolute sense only in association with all facts.” -Wendell Berry[1] The Japanese railway system is regarded as one of the best in the world. If you ever find yourself riding a train in Tokyo, you’ll notice that the conductors have a…
By: John Fehlen on October 28, 2024
I love giving people the opportunity to commit their hearts and lives to Jesus. It’s safe to say that over the last 30+ years of pastoral ministry, I have had the great honor of leading thousands of people into a public profession of trust in the Lord. Those “altar calls” have happened in a myriad…
By: Joel Zantingh on October 28, 2024
Karl Polanyi died in 1964 about 100 Kilometres from my home, in Pickering, Canada. He managed to survive two world wars, sickness, difficulties of life as a Jewish member of Hungarian society, migration to England and the USA, all the while bridging the worlds of the elites and the commoners. One of his life’s most…
By: Tim Clark on October 28, 2024
As a teenager and young adult, I was an avid fan of the post-punk/alternative rock genre, and I discovered REM in the mid eighties. I used to blast them in my car on my morning drive to High School, and then again on my drive home. Radio Free Europe. The One I Love. It’s the…
By: Cathy Glei on October 28, 2024
Wow, there is so much to chew on from this week’s reading Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America by Russel Moore. I am a little fired up so I apologize in advance for any leakage of pain and passion. Not only did this book spark something deep within, but I am sitting…
By: Kally Elliott on October 28, 2024
I never imagined I’d find so much common ground with a Southern Baptist—okay, a former Southern Baptist – but when I read Russell Moore’s book, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, I not only found myself rabidly turning page after page but saying, out loud, “Yes!” and “Preach!” and again, “YES!” If…
By: Jenny Dooley on October 28, 2024
I struggle to understand the specific brand of American Evangelicalism described in our book this week. I’ve been somewhat detached from American Christianity, and it’s taken a bit to get my bearings in recent years. I remember my feelings of dismay when returning for a short holiday break in 1999 to find my favorite local…
By: Mathieu Yuill on October 28, 2024
I recently had the chance to step out of my Canadian bubble and join my cohort—fellow students from the Doctor of Leadership, Global Perspectives program at George Fox University—in Washington, DC. Since our coursework is primarily online, this annual in-person event is a chance to engage deeply, especially in a place that holds global and…
By: Noel Liemam on October 27, 2024
As I read and try to understand concepts from Polanyi’s book, “The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origin of Our Time” I am convinced that it is a good reference, but my issue was that it will take more time to really read and understand it and to get relevant takeaway that can be…
By: Jana Dluehosh on October 24, 2024
Hospice faces a cruel reality in this country; it makes money. As we have discussed throughout our studies, money is power. An article noted that “As it turns out, not even hospice care is immune to private equity’s takeover of just about everything. One study found that the number of US hospices owned by private equity…
By: Chad Warren on October 24, 2024
The history of the United States is steeped in the concept of rugged individualism, a defining trait that has shaped the nation’s identity and culture. From the early settlers who navigated the unknown waters of the New World to the industrial leaders who built empires in the bustling cities of the 19th century, the American…
