I think many of us have developed our understanding of power from Lord Acton’s axiom: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. For most of us, that is the end of story and this accounts, at least among many Christians I know, for a deep aversion to anything like the exercise of power.
human flourishing
A Liturgy for the new year
When in the final stages of completing the new InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) website, I came across a number of InterVarsity twentyonehundred productions videos focused on Following Christ and Human Flourishing in the context of higher education. I incorporated several of these videos into the new GFM site. Others will be shared in a variety […]
Following Christ 08 resources coming on-line
On InterVarsity’s main website, one can find two articles Honoring God at Work Human Flourishing AND two audio files Why Aren’t We Flourishing? — Opening Plenary by MaryKate Morse, Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation at George Fox University. Time: 35:00 Powerful Faith — Seminar presentation by Michael Lindsay, a sociologist at Rice University and […]