Archive for 'New world'
Performance Art
August 5, 2009 by Jeff, under New world, The Practicing Church, leadership development | | 2 Comments
Mathematics is a performance, a living act, a way of interpreting the world. Imagine music lessons in which students worked through hundreds of hours of sheet music, adjusting the notes on the page, receiving checks and crosses from the teachers, but never playing the music. Students would not continue the subject because they would never experience what music is. Yet this is the situation that continues, seemingly unabated, in mathematics classes. – Jo Boaler, author of What’s Math Got To Do With It?
Being a math teacher and working with a musician in this blog, I resonate with the quote above. All of us have learned to drive by driving, not by reading about it or observing others doing it. I think Jesus told us to know and do or do and know if you please. The good news was performance art for him, not as a person on a stage as much as a way of living. What if we dispensed with the checks and crosses and just let people play the music? What could happen then?
Bottom Pyramid Teachings for Us
July 29, 2009 by Jeff, under New world | | 3 Comments
When the poor are converted into consumers, they get more than access to products and services. They acquire the dignity of attention [my emphasis] and choices from the private sector that were previously reserved for the middle-class and rich. – C.K. Prahalad
Loaded Question
One of the most interesting questions I get asked is “What is the future of the church?” This is a loaded question, especially when asked (more…)
Power(ful) Questions
July 15, 2009 by Jeff, under New world, The Practicing Church, leadership development | | 13 Comments
Those who have power never think about it and those who don’t have it think about it all the time. – Thomas Friedman
A friend and I have been pondering this double question and I’m putting it out to you –
What is power? and How do you recognize it?
Fire away.
Laughing at God
July 2, 2009 by Tim, under New world | | 4 Comments
I thought this was an intelligent, beautiful, and compelling song. I’ve enjoyed Regina Spektor’s music for quite some time.
Take a moment to watch this video.
What does the phrase, “we all laugh with God” stir within you?
A brief theology of farmer’s markets
June 25, 2009 by Tim, under New world | | 3 Comments
Today marks the completion of over a year’s worth of work with a handful of new friends who have been laboring together to create a farmers market in our neighborhood.
We are really excited about the grand opening, and I’m especially excited because I’ll be able to get most of my groceries from local farms who I’ll be able to see every week and know exactly where my was grown (or baked, fished, etc). But, I believe that excitement begs a response. Why does it matter where food is grown, what in the world would that have to do with how the church practices faith? (more…)
Tags: Church, food, future
Putting Toothpaste Back in the Tube
June 17, 2009 by Jeff, under New world | | 5 Comments
I find it fascinating to watch Iran attempt to put a lid on what’s going on in their country right now. CNN has this story about it and I think, as a follower of Jesus, we’re experiencing something similar. (more…)
