This 11-minute animated video from Sir Ken Robinson and RSA brilliantly and succinctly shows how desperately we need to reform the way we educate.
Thoughts?
Education
DMin in Missional Leadership
UPDATE 9/30/10: Check out the videos below of Fitch, Roxburgh and Van Gelder talking about the program.
In January of 2011 my friend Dave Fitch is launching a DMin cohort at Northern Seminary in Missional Leadership. Al Roxburgh and Craig Van Gelder will also be teaching within the program. Between the three of them, Northern’s particular bent toward spiritual formation and missional theology, and the affordability/accessibility of the program, some of you who read my blog may be interested. The whole framework is “learning community”style education.
Some things about the program to highlight:
- Affordability – Under $16,000 over 4 years that can be paid monthly
- Accessibility – courses take place through week-long intensives here in Chicago
- Structure – this is a cohort-based program so that students have the opportunity to form a “community of learning” as opposed to just engaging individualistically.
If you’re interested, here’s a few links:
- Tthe landing page for the DMin in Missional Leadership.
- Dave’s blog: Reclaiming the Mission
- Alan Roxburgh bio
- Craig Van Gelder bio
A PDF of the program overview is available on the main landing page of for this particular DMin.
Missional Leadership – Intro. & Leadership Issues from Northern Seminary on Vimeo.
Missional Leadership – Issues of Theology & Cultural Context from Northern Seminary on Vimeo.
Missional Leadership – Congregational Formation & Change from Northern Seminary on Vimeo.
Missional Leadership – Northern Features from Northern Seminary on Vimeo.
UNconference in Denver
The church I am planting is part of the Ecclesia Network, which is hosting an “unconference” in Denver June 11-12. If you’re able to go, I’m sure it will be a good time. Here are the details.
DATE
Friday, June 11 – 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 12 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
PLACE
Bonnie Brae Church, Denver CO
HOST
The Ecclesia Network
COST
Free
RSVP
Please RSVP for this event on Facebook, so we have a sense of who is coming. Invite your friends through facebook and other means, especially those living in the Denver area.
NATURE OF EVENT
We will be thinking imaginatively about the future of the church with others in an open-source gift economy way. The next BIG idea is about giving time to interact about innovative ways to partner with God in the renewal of all things. UNconference is about freely sharing creative ideas with one another without putting anyone on a pedestal. It is more participant oriented than personality driven. You will hear from practitioners who are on the front lines. There is also no cost, because people are sharing their gifts and knowledge freely.
TOPIC
During our short time together, there will be 14 innovative speakers from 14 different churches each sharing for 14-minutes on innovative ways to think and live missionally. More details on the speakers and topics to come!
The Facts About Bottled Water
Here are some sobering facts about bottled water. For example, did you know that the health standards for tap water are higher than those for bottled water?And it takes three times as much water to make a plastic bottle as it does to fill it? And 40% of all bottled water is simply tap water anyway? Click the image for a larger version to get the facts. (ht)
Creativity is just as important as literacy
Sir Ken Robison asserts that our educational system, by and large, kills creativity in our children. Because the world is changing so fast, he says, “Creativity, now, is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.”
Watch a fascinating, humorous, and moving 20-minute TED talk: