By: gfesadmin on March 16, 2013
The Christian Faith is all about change. In fact it is more than just ‘change’. It is about transformation and as the Apostle Paul says, it is all about becoming a ‘new creation’. It is about being changed and bringing about change and transformation. It was never meant to be a structured institution as we…
By: gfesadmin on March 16, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
I live in Spain. The church, and by extension Christianity has for many centuries been in a position of power and influence. In the modern age, this power became toxic. The church sided with the economic elite, the crown, and the powerful, often against the interests of religious freedom, freedom of speech, democracy, and the…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
Charlie Brown was shooting his new bow and arrow. Each time he shot it; he would run to the fence and draw a bull’s eye around the arrow. Lucy saw what he was doing and informed him that he was not doing it correctly. His reply to her was, “It works. I always hit the target.”…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
Yesterday, I watched as Catholics across the globe celebrated a new pope – Francis I. I couldn’t help but be excited, part of which is due to the name he chose, evidently after St. Francis of Assisi. I will never forget my experience visiting the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. This white-washed city on a hill…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Human relationships and their interaction form the core of the African culture. Some were organized around kingdoms while others were organized around consensus by council of elders or a combination of the two. The family still was the basic unit of the society. The family included not…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
Welcome to the city of brotherly love! These were the first words I heard this past weekend after pulling up to the curb at our Center City Philadelphia hotel. Never have I experienced such service. Being our 16th wedding anniversary, we decided to splurge a little and stay at a hotel which is usually beyond…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief, biblical foundation and practice of Christian engagement in the world.To Change the World by James D. Hunter is a book about the possible and proper role of Christianity in American culture in the early twenty-first century. Dealing with this topic…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
Is it possible to change the world? Are we called to do that? What kind of change do we desire? These are great questions that emerge for Christians who want to engage in ministry. My favorite book so far the year is the book To Change the World by James Davidson Hunter. He addresses the…
By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on March 14, 2013
I first read James Hunter’s To Change the World in 2010. In my excitement, I read through the book quickly (but thoroughly of course) hoping for some concrete steps on how to change the world. I got to the end of the book and was underwhelmed. Where was this world change? What were the actions…
By: gfesadmin on March 11, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on March 11, 2013
The Rebel Sell proved to be a fascinating read this past week. It seems that this capitalist society will consume anything thrown on its plate and create a demand – supply cycle to satiate itself. As I pondered over the idea of “Rebel Sell” andits implications for India, particularly the rural part of the country,…
By: gfesadmin on March 11, 2013
Niche markets are upon us all. As a kid, I waited with baited breath to look at one of my favorite shows of all time, The Price Is Right. Who can ever forget the voice of Rod Roddy with his jolly pitch lingering on every word, happily saying, “Come on down! You’re the next contestant…
By: gfesadmin on March 9, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on March 7, 2013
It is quite possible that the most important location in American counterculture history is the tiny Oklahoma town of Okemah. Do I have your attention? Great. We will get back to Okemah in a moment, but first on to the central argument of The Rebel Sell: How the Counterculture Became Consumer Culture by Joseph Heath…
By: gfesadmin on March 7, 2013
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.(Rom 12:12 NIV). This verse has constantly been on my mind during the past few days. Was Christianity…
By: Joy Mindo on March 7, 2013
A Nation of Rebels: Is Kenya shifting into a counterculture? Crowds are a group of people that any leader would desire to manipulate, rule and control. Leaders manipulate organized excitement. As Kenya goes through an election process for national leaders this week, Kenyans are anxious and filled with fear. Five years ago, during the…
By: gfesadmin on March 7, 2013
Action movie afficianados and those who follow the likes of Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino have most likely seen the movie HEAT. I have seen it more times than I can count. I guess that declassifies me as a Puritanical prude! Pacino is a detective who focuses on taking down a high tech crime team led by DeNiro.…
By: gfesadmin on March 7, 2013
Rebel Sell opens with a salvo against the consumerist system and its twin brother, the anti-consumerist counter-culture. The authors argue there really is no difference between the two. Thus one can buy all the anti-capitalist t-shirts one desires. The quintessential example of this is a 2003 Adbusters (a magazine dedicated to anti-consumerism) advertisement offering its own…
