Questions How would you summarize how the overemphasis on or neglect of either the head, hearts or hands dimension of one's faith (or the faith of one's faith community) causes one to be less than what God envisions for us as His children? How does your faith community address the God-desired balance of head, hearts and hands for our lives? Note: The local assembly of which I'm a member and partnered with in this study is part of the Brethren in Christ Church. As such their core values receive attention in the … [Read more...] about Head, Heart and Hands Together: Implications and Challenges
Incarnational Stream/Tradition
Serving Students and their Communities at One Indian Christian College
The third in Kami L. Rice's guest series on visiting India. Last week I eagerly ventured further south to Coimbatore, where I was greeted with flowers and smiles at the airport by my hosts-for-the-week from CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Sciences (BACAS), a Church of South India (CSI) college founded in 1995. I'm connected to BACAS via my freelance work, and when I met Mrs. Susheila Williams, the college's Secretary (which in India is the title for the chief administrative leader, a role something … [Read more...] about Serving Students and their Communities at One Indian Christian College
Head, Heart and Hands Together: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Questions Has the balance/relationship of head, heart and hands been explored/discussed in some manner in your field? If so, what has been the conversation? If not, how might you propose research and writing on the balance/relationship of head, heart and hands in your field? … [Read more...] about Head, Heart and Hands Together: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Head, Heart and Hands Together: The Biblical Case
How would you present the biblical case for a faith with well-developed and balanced dimensions of head heart hands?* … [Read more...] about Head, Heart and Hands Together: The Biblical Case
Do We See the People or Their Poverty?
Kami Rice continues her guest series for the Emerging Scholars Blog about her journey to India. Since the day my high school youth group reported to our congregation about our mission trip to Brazil, when some of the other kids–some of whom had discussed, as we drove through Miami during our debriefing time, which fancy new car they wanted their parents to buy for them–poured stories into the microphone about how poor the people were, I've had an uneasy relationship with how church people talk about … [Read more...] about Do We See the People or Their Poverty?