Challenges to Community Development in the Philippines

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I had been looking for the story of the Fishermen who don't fish, but somehow couldn't find it. I thought it was a Joseph Bayly story, but I guess not. However, this is a really nice article that includes a video version of the parable. Enjoy!!

Quote on “Christian Faith”

Okay, I have to admit it... I have developed a really negative attitude about how people use the term "Faith," at least in Evangelical circles (not saying that other groups are better at it). Some seem to think that faith is the absence (or negation) of doubt (ridiculous and unbiblical idea). Others seem to think …

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“Counter-Cultural Contextualization” Quote

Short quote from a longer blog post by Simon and Henrietta Cozens The idea of contextualization is that it is “receptor-oriented”; in other words, it lets the world set the agenda. Of course putting it in those terms is a pretty harsh charge, and it’s usually answered by Hiebert’s concept of “Critical Contextualization.” But this …

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Wholistic Ministry and Nehemiah

A paper that looks at some basic community development principles through the lens of the book of Nehemiah. Unlike a lot of other attempts to utilize the book of Nehemiah, this paper doesn't simply focus on the first 2 - 4 chapters. <div style="width:477px" id="__ss_10450934"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/wholistic-ministry-and-nehemiah" title="Wholistic Ministry and Nehemiah" target="_blank">Wholistic …

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Presentation for Wholistic Ministry

I see that the transfer of my diagram to .odt to .pdf to slideshare got a bit "smudgey." I will try to fix this in the future. However, for now, I think the paper still have value. It is based on a summarization of the literary review portion of my dissertation. <div style="width:477px" id="__ss_11361853"> <strong …

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Hiding in Church

I have been working on CPE (clinical pastoral education) training for the last few months. It is a challenge for me. I enjoy academics, teaching, organizing, strategizing, and blogging. But to walk up to a stranger (in a hospital or anywhere else) really goes against my temperament. But I want to grow in this area.  …

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