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Deploying Vocational Power: Four Pathways

January 19, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

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Amy Sherman begins Chapter 8 of  Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good  (InterVarsity Press, 2011) with a bang! Jesus is actually looking for people He can trust with His power. --  Dallas Willard Faithful vocational stewardship is not only about  doing,  it's also about  being.  To deploy their vocational power for the common good, believers must possess a character that handles this power humbly and eschews its misuse. This is why discipling for vocational stewardship involves not only the work … [Read more...] about Deploying Vocational Power: Four Pathways

Filed Under: Christ, Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, Vocation Tagged With: Amy Sherman, andy crouch, blooming where you're planted, books, Center on Faith in Communities, common good, creation, culture-making, dallas willard, Fall, Head Heart Hands, higher education, Kim Phipps, Kingdom Calling, Messiah College, power, Revelation, righteous, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, Spiderman, vocation, vocational stewardship

Chasing Wisdom with Nathan Foster part III

June 16, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Returning to our series with Nathan Foster, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI.   As you may remember, the first post focused upon how a private person, such as Nathan, wrote such an open book about his life, struggles, family, and vocation.   In the second post, we explored becoming a wisdom chaser in higher education, strained family relationships, and discerning the call to higher education. Today, we'll consider power in the classroom from the perspective of the … [Read more...] about Chasing Wisdom with Nathan Foster part III

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Interview, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: andy crouch, interviews, Nathan Foster, power, Richard Foster, students, teaching, Wisdom Chaser

Playing God: Christian Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Power

May 26, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Tonight, as part of Biblical Seminary's Conversations on Christianity & Culture lecture series, Andy Crouch speaks on Playing God: Christian Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Power. What are your thoughts on the topic? Any questions I should ask the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling (InterVarsity Press, 2008), winner of Christianity Today's 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture?   I'll take some notes and share what he presents. PS.   Culture Making is one of my Favorite book[s] … [Read more...] about Playing God: Christian Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Power

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, andy crouch, christ and culture, culture, culture-making, power, Richard Mouw

Following Christ 08 resources coming on-line

January 3, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

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 the author of Faith in the Halls of Power. The seminar in which Michael Lindsay spoke was entitled Exploring Privilege and Redeeming Power. … [Read more...] about Following Christ 08 resources coming on-line

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Following Christ 2008, Life in the Academy, Links, The University Tagged With: academic culture, big questions, fc08, fear, human flourishing, Links, power

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