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What can I do? : making a global difference right where you are / David Livermore. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, (c)2011.Description: 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780310325963
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4509.L784.W438 2011
  • BV4509
Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
Disease and Our Global Health -- Environment and Our Neighbors -- Trafficking and Global Lust -- War and the Abuse of Power -- The Shifting Global Landscape -- The Faithful -- Understand the Big Picture.
Israel -- Aaron and Sons -- Jesus -- The Church -- With Christians Everywhere -- In Everything -- Every Nation: Back to the Future! -- God's Invitation to You.
Inform and Recruit Others -- Work It into Work -- Give -- Shop Responsibly -- Invest/Divest -- Influence Government and Media -- Get Started!.
Profits -- People -- Employees -- Vendors and Outsourced Labor -- Customers -- Planet -- Start Your Own Business -- Working for the Machine -- Pay It Forward -- Doing Godly Business.
Faith versus Science -- The Search in Research -- The Art of Scientific Inventions -- Use of Technology as a Means versus an End -- Commissioned to Investigate.
Use Your Platform -- Christian versus "Secular" Art -- Painting the Faceless -- Exposing Evil -- Supporting the Arts -- Drink in the Beauty.
Diagnosis and Treatment -- Bedside Manner -- It's All in Your Head -- Caring for the Underdog -- Prevention over Treatment -- HawaiiV/AIDS -- Athletics and Fitness -- A Prayer to Care.
The Gift of Education -- The Power of a Child -- Stewarding a Precious Gift.
Evaluate -- Beware of Grand Panaceas -- Learn from Experts -- Improve Your CQ -- Above All Else, Love.
Who Am I? -- The World Needs Everything; Just Do Something! -- Personal Discovery -- Listen -- Look Back -- Look Forward -- Personal Inventory -- Personality -- Skills/Expertise -- Causes -- Possibilities versus Limits -- Communal Authority -- Experiment -- The Next Right Step -- What Now?.
Community Inventory -- Roots -- Current Reality -- People -- Connections and Relationships -- Vocations and Skills -- Causes and Issues -- Choose -- Wake Up!.
Abstract: "I want to help--but how?" There are so many more opportunities for Christian mission than simply "give, pray, or Go." What Can I Do? shows people who long to spread God's love for the world that their everyday lives continually cross paths with God's plan to bring healing and hope to the nations. Learn how you can make a global difference, right where you are.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV4509.5.L58 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001748843

Part 1: A Big (Inspiring Yet Overwhelming) Picture

1. Welcome to the Neighborhood: Your Global Village

Economic Imbalance -- Disease and Our Global Health -- Environment and Our Neighbors -- Trafficking and Global Lust -- War and the Abuse of Power -- The Shifting Global Landscape -- The Faithful -- Understand the Big Picture.

2. You Were Made for This!

Adam and Eve -- Israel -- Aaron and Sons -- Jesus -- The Church -- With Christians Everywhere -- In Everything -- Every Nation: Back to the Future! -- God's Invitation to You.

3. Speak Up Now: Seven Strategies You Can Use Today

Be Aware -- Inform and Recruit Others -- Work It into Work -- Give -- Shop Responsibly -- Invest/Divest -- Influence Government and Media -- Get Started!.

Part 2 A Small (Limited Yet Essential) Contributed

4. What's the Real Bottom Line? Business and Management

Triple Bottom Line -- Profits -- People -- Employees -- Vendors and Outsourced Labor -- Customers -- Planet -- Start Your Own Business -- Working for the Machine -- Pay It Forward -- Doing Godly Business.

5. True Progress: Science and Technology

Life-Giving Science -- Faith versus Science -- The Search in Research -- The Art of Scientific Inventions -- Use of Technology as a Means versus an End -- Commissioned to Investigate.

6. The World Is Your Canvas: Art

Art: Luxury or Means to Survival? -- Use Your Platform -- Christian versus "Secular" Art -- Painting the Faceless -- Exposing Evil -- Supporting the Arts -- Drink in the Beauty.

7. Urgent Care: Health Care and Wellness

Take as Directed -- Diagnosis and Treatment -- Bedside Manner -- It's All in Your Head -- Caring for the Underdog -- Prevention over Treatment -- HawaiiV/AIDS -- Athletics and Fitness -- A Prayer to Care.

8. Kids' Heroes: Teachers, Family, and Friends

Imagination and Identity -- The Gift of Education -- The Power of a Child -- Stewarding a Precious Gift.

9. Caution: Signposts for the Journey Ahead

Listen to the Locals -- Evaluate -- Beware of Grand Panaceas -- Learn from Experts -- Improve Your CQ -- Above All Else, Love.

Part 3: Your Next Step

10. Your Journey: Discerning Your Contribution

Our First Calling -- Who Am I? -- The World Needs Everything; Just Do Something! -- Personal Discovery -- Listen -- Look Back -- Look Forward -- Personal Inventory -- Personality -- Skills/Expertise -- Causes -- Possibilities versus Limits -- Communal Authority -- Experiment -- The Next Right Step -- What Now?.

11. Our Journey: Discerning Our Contribution Together

The Church as Missionary -- Community Inventory -- Roots -- Current Reality -- People -- Connections and Relationships -- Vocations and Skills -- Causes and Issues -- Choose -- Wake Up!.

"I want to help--but how?" There are so many more opportunities for Christian mission than simply "give, pray, or Go." What Can I Do? shows people who long to spread God's love for the world that their everyday lives continually cross paths with God's plan to bring healing and hope to the nations. Learn how you can make a global difference, right where you are.

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