Author Archives: Israel Galindo

About Israel Galindo

Israel Galindo is Coordinator of the Leadership in Ministry program at the Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary. Formerly he was Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary and Dean at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

Book review: The Apathetic and Bored Church Member by Savage

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Just about every year one of our doctoral students approaches me wanting to do a study on why church members leave their congregation. About half the time it’s clear about what’s behind the motivation for the study: anxiety from church … Continue reading →

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Today is the feast day of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386) who has one of the best quotes on respecting parents: “For however much we may repay them, yet we can never be to them what they as parents have … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs, Plants, and Enthusiasm

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Israel Galindo

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? FICTION: The only plausible theory for the extinction of dinosaurs offered by scientists is that … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 14, 2008 by Israel Galindo
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So many books . . .

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Recently, my friend Margaret wrote an interesting post about reading (see “How fast do you read?” ). As intended, it gave me pause to think about my own reading habits.

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Book review: Upside Down, by Rinehart

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Stacy T. Rinehart’s small volume Upside Down: The Paradox of Servant Leadership (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1998. 170 pages) focuses on the leadership model that Jesus gave the church. The author details briefly the transformation of his own leadership philosophy from … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 7, 2008 by Israel Galindo
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Harton on Discipleship

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Israel Galindo

GRACE member Mike Harton as a featured piece in the denominational newspaper The Religious Herald. Check it out here. Mike currently is Interim Dean of the Faculty at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

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Book review: Leadership and the New Science, by Wheatley

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Margaret J. Wheatley’s Leadership and the New Science ( San Francisco, CA: Berret-Koehler Publishers, 1999) is one of those books I picked up for a pull quote reference but which wound up as a “keeper” on my bookshelf. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 29, 2008 by Israel Galindo
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