November 2007 - Posts

• dites bonjour au téléphone de la pomme

  The i-phone is available chez Orange to ze grand public today en France. You could get one last night too on the Champs Elysees if you were willing to stand in line. I think I changed my mind about what... Posted Nov 28 2007, 10:52 PM by un californien à paris

• First Party

  A 40th birthday should be celebrated all year long. This is a picture from the first party, the avant première, with 30+ friends and 3 turkeys (not pictured). I shared birthday honors with Isabelle (age 8) to my right and... Posted Nov 28 2007, 12:51 AM by un californien à paris

• The White man’s burden revisited

  Europe and Africa share history: Europe in Africa and Africa in Europe. Today, reciprocal Euro-African influences, both negative and positive, are ever apparent. Sadly, even as I write these words, it is the negative aspects of this historical relationship that... Posted Nov 23 2007, 03:13 AM by un californien à paris

• Finally!!!

  Azusa Pacific 2 - Concordia 0 APU Men's soccer team is national champion. That's right, I'm feelin' some school pride! Posted Nov 21 2007, 03:00 AM by un californien à paris

• Azusa Pacific men's soccer team makes NAIA finals!

  I played for this team in the 80s, but we weren't this good: they are the No 1 ranked team and going to the national championship match today vs Concordia. GO APU! Perspective: Senior Steven Lenhart who scored the Cougar's... Posted Nov 20 2007, 04:12 AM by un californien à paris

• Kingdom Eyes

  I do not remember when the photo was taken, Christmas maybe. Now, it sits in my study on a bookshelf filled with the chef d’œuvres of missiology, sophisticated life accomplishments like Glasser’s Announcing the Kingdom and Bosch’s Transforming Mission. My... Posted Nov 19 2007, 03:36 AM by un californien à paris

• General Missiology

  Bavink, J.H. 1960. An Introduction to the Science of Missions. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. Kirk, J. Andrew. 2000. What is Mission? Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. Taylor, John V. 1963. The Primal Vision. London: SCM. Tippett, Alan. 1987. Introduction to... Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:05 AM by un californien à paris

• Theology of Mission

  Bosch, David. 1991. Transforming Mission. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. Glasser, Arthur F., Charles Van Engen, Dean Gilliland, and Shawn Redford. 2003. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Accademic. Kirk, J.... Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:04 AM by un californien à paris

• Mission History

  Chidester, David. 2000. Christianity: A Global History. New York: Harper Colins. Hastings, Adrian, ed. 1999. A World History of Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI. Neil, Stephen. 1964. A History of Christian Missions. London: Penguin Books. Shenk, Wilbert R., ed. 2002. Enlarging... Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:02 AM by un californien à paris

• Globalization

  Bonk, Jonathan J. 2006. Missions and Money: Affluence as a Missionary Problem Revisited, American Society of Missiology Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. Hoogvelt, Ankie. 2001. Globalization and the Postcolonial World. Balitmore, MD: John Hopkins University Press. Mittelman, James H. 2000. The... Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:01 AM by un californien à paris

• Contemporary Western Culture

  Bauman, Zygmunt. 2000. Liquid Modernity. Malden, MA: Polity Press. Bosch, David. 1995. Believing in the Future: Toward a Missiology of Western Culture. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International. Guder, Darrell L., ed. 1998. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending... Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:00 AM by un californien à paris

• A Rebel Yell !

  I know I promised you photos from Austria today, but my camera broke. This unfortunate fact of course allows me to post shamelessly my 40th birthday wish: a new camera. Let me be specific. Below is a picture that I... Posted Nov 09 2007, 01:43 AM by un californien à paris

• Interruptions

  Today was one of those days filled with interruptions. They added up to mean that I missed my self-imposed Friday morning blog deadline. Don't expect me to apologize for attending to these "interruptions." Minsitry that makes any real difference in... Posted Nov 02 2007, 11:05 AM by un californien à paris