The Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership for a Third-Culture Church
Written by Dave Gibbons and J. J. Brazil, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Narrated by Raymond Scully
3.5/5
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Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons is crazy about his beautiful, misfit family in New York City, Irvine, Los Angeles, Southeast Asia, China, India, Seoul, Mexico City, London, and Brazil. He’s a creative, futurist, activist, and strategist. Dave serves as an adviser to artists, business persons, and community development specialists throughout the world. He also is the Lead of a global alliance of churches and networks. He is the author of the award-winning book on culture and leadership, The Monkey and the Fish, and of XEALOTS. You can learn more about the XEALOT life at XEALOT.net and davegibbons.tv. Follow Dave at http://twitter.com/davegibbons
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rather than celebrating the diversity of God’s created order, the American church has become a source of cultural hegemony and – at times – bigotry. Gibbons is calling for a third-culture church – a church culture that seeks out and celebrates the diversity of cultures. This, the author argues, is at the heart of Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan: loving one’s neighbor doesn’t refer to geographic proximity, but loving those who are different from one’s self. A third-culture church, therefore, demands liquid leadership – leadership which is characterized by its fluidity, adaptability, and willingness to learn from a variety of sources and cultures. While Gibbons’ big idea is solid, his illustrations and applications fell short of inspiring or motivating this reader. B-