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Book reviews, quotes, and recommendations

Book review: The Apathetic and Bored Church Member by Savage

Posted on March 19, 2008 by igalindo

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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Dinosaurs, Plants, and Enthusiasm

Posted on March 17, 2008 by igalindo

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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So many books . . .

Posted on March 12, 2008 by igalindo

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 igalindo

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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Book review: Leadership and the New Science, by Wheatley

Posted on March 5, 2008 by igalindo

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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Book review: Teaming Up, by Holderness and Hay

Posted on February 25, 2008 by igalindo

The move from rigid and isolated “committees” to a “team approach” continues in many congregations. Sometimes that movement is not much more than a re-organization and re-labeling that result in very little change. The fact is, as I like to … Continue reading →

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Big Words, Adults, and Learning

Posted on February 20, 2008 by igalindo

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 longest word in the English language is antidiestablishmentarianism.

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Book review: The Dynamic Congregation, by Ramey

Posted on February 19, 2008 by igalindo

Does this sound like your experience of church? Little seems to happen during church services. You eat this bread and drink the wine at communion, even hear in the liturgy that Christ is present, but everyone seems bored. . . … Continue reading →

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How to Plan A Memorable Retreat

Posted on February 14, 2008 by igalindo

One of the most underused, but potentially one of the most transforming, approaches to Christian education formation is the retreat. Often relegated to the area of youth ministry programs (but rarely formatted as a retreat even then) the retreat holds … Continue reading →

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