Archive - May, 2011

Ending Prostitution in Canada

May 28, 2011 in Concepts, Culture, Ministry with 0 Comments

Click on the image above to see this amazing website that will resource you in partnering to end prostitution in Canada.

Below are my notes from a seminar that Glendyne Gerrard, the director of Women’s Ministry in the Mid West District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

  • Prostitution is violence against women
  • Prostitutes start young
  • 84% of prostitutes have been sexually abused as children
  • Being abused seems to be a training ground for prostitution
  • First nations women are at the greatest risk in our country of being prostituted
    • 400 children were sexually exploited on the streets of Winnipeg last year
    • The youngest victim was 11
    • 84% of these children were aboriginal
  • Poverty is the number 1 reason women are forced into prostitution.
  • Abolition of prostitution is possible in our country!
  • Sweden demands to abolish prostitution

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An Artesian Spring Dialogue

May 19, 2011 in Culture, Faith, Leadership, Ministry with 0 Comments

In the passage below, I love how Jesus exemplified dialogue education by being a guide on the side, rather than a sage on the stage. His love for the woman at the well and his disciples was clearly exemplified by his persistence to have them discover and encounter truth, and drink from the well of living artesian water.

Jesus accomplished this through dialogue and I want to do the same.

Jesus empowered the woman and his disciples through dialogue by hearing their stories, and I want to do the same.

I need to resist my tendency to assume that I understand those I am leading, and I need to engage them in dialogue by first hearing their story. It is only when I hear their story that I can faithfully teach them and love them in the way that Jesus would want me to.

“A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, “Would you give me a drink of water?” (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.) Continue Reading…

Tips on Listening from a Deaf Percussionist

May 15, 2011 in Concepts, Culture, Leadership with 0 Comments

Watch this fascinating TED talk by a deaf percussionist, Evelyn Gleenie. She shows us how to listen.

Reenvisioning Music and Leadership

May 12, 2011 in Concepts, Culture, Leadership with 0 Comments

If you love classical music, you just have to watch this.

If you don’t like classical music, there is even more of a reason for you to watch this.

If you are a leader, then this talk is a must see.

In this talk, you’ll watch Benjamin Zander, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, discuss music and the relationship it has with leading effectively.

Check it out, you won’t be disappointed.

 

5000 Years of Religion

May 11, 2011 in Culture, Faith with 0 Comments

Watch this video to see 5000 years of religion in 90 seconds.

The Story of Jonah

May 11, 2011 in Culture, Faith, Ministry with 0 Comments

When’s the last time you’ve read the book of Jonah?

Try reading it through and see if you can make sense of this pictorial representation of the book.

Hint: The heart represents God’s heart for the nations of this world.

 

Prophets of a Future Not Our Own – Oscar Romero

May 7, 2011 in Concepts, Faith, Ministry with 0 Comments

Here is an amazing poem by Archbishop Oscar Romero. Enjoy!

It helps now and then to step back and take a long view.

The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,

it is beyond our vision.

 

We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction

of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.

Nothing we do is complete,

which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.

 

No statement says all that could be said.

No prayer fully expresses our faith.

No confession brings perfection,

No pastoral visit brings wholeness.

No program accomplishes the Church’s mission.

No set of goals and objectives include everything.

This is what we are about.

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