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Collective Impact – What Could It Mean for Christians in Social Work?

Posted on May 26, 2015 by NACSW

Recently I played the role of “Top Chef” in the collective impact test kitchen at the Goodwill Industries International Action4Impact summit here in D.C., so I’ve been doing some research and thinking about the collective impact model of change. In the human services world, collective impact is a w...
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Listening Together: Discerning Dialogs and Convicted Civility

Posted on April 28, 2015 by NACSW

Lutheran Martin Marty once said, "People who have strong convictions these days aren't very civil, and people who are civil often don't have very strong convictions. What we need is 'convicted civility.'" A few years later, Fuller Seminary President Richard Mouw turned this concept into his...
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Two Questions You Must Answer: Who do Men Say You Are? And Who Are You?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by NACSW

At the beginning of every semester, I usually handout a 3-by-5 index card to each of my students, and ask them to write down their answers to four questions: (i) What is your purpose in life? (ii) What are your reasons for taking this course? (iii) How does this course contribute to your life’s pur...
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