I’ve been reading Bob Roberts’ Glocalization along with some other books, like Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics, and Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us. First my mind was on nation-building, then it transitioned into sustainable development. I remember an [...]

Posted in Books, Business, Environment, Life, Politics 4 Comments »

–The following is a reflection and response to Stacy Rinehart’s Upside Down: The Paradox of Servant Leadership that I wrote for my Servant Leadership class at NOBTS.–
Stacy Rinehart brings up several important points throughout his book that I would like to discuss further. Specifically, I will discuss the qualities of servant leadership and diversity [...]

Posted in Books, Christianity, Ethics, Life, NOBTS 5 Comments »

While the author of this paper strongly holds that modern Western culture is being replaced by postmodern culture as each day passes, it is necessary to point out that Newbigin observes many of the current trends. In the first chapter, he foresees the growth of pluralism and relativism in Western culture. Without a [...]

Posted in Books, Christianity, Life, Missions, Theology Comments Off