Revolution is in the Eyes of the Beholder

As the old saying goes, love is in the eye of the beholder. Well, so is revolution. Through the course of history, revolution has been shaped in the perspective of the historians and their biases. The American Revolution could easily be remembered as the American Revolt by English historians. The French Revolution could be named …

Stabilize Change For Continuity

Society is made up of a series of social changes over time that shape and guides the way people interact with one another on every possible level. Historically, change creates resistance because it creates discomfort (Vago, 2003). This resistance, or conflict, is the basis of social conflict theories including those formed and championed by Karl …

Change for God’s Sake

In his 1978 song Everything Must Change, Benard Ighnar takes a look at change with a longing sadness as "the young become old and mysteries do unfold". For those of us who are in ministry leadership, it is easy for us to lament the challenges we face when trying to motivate church attenders to embrace …

Leveraging for Social Change

Change is equally prevalent in all aspects of life and has a tendency to not remain isolated to any one area, often times moving from one area to another and back again impacting the initial area in a different way (Vago, 2003). The temptation is to approach change with one of two different stances: the …

Social Theory from God’s Perspective

Social change is a fact of life that we must have a proper understanding of if we are to maintain a Kingdom mindset in line with God’s plan for our lives. Bishop and Hines (2012) propose 10 different theories of social change and depending on our culture of origin, or the culture we identify with, we …

Change is Not Optional

Change is an inevitability of life. It is what provides life with the energy that most people seek in their days, their experiences and their memories. Change is a fundamental reality of everyone’s life that keeps the world in motion (Bishop & Hines, 2012). Though social change does not garner the same attention as social structures …