Race For You

Dare to Shine!

We are in a time and age where people of all ages and especially teenagers and the youth are being bombarded with mixed messages about sex, alcohol, drugs and peer pressure to follow the crowd, seeking after fleeting pleasures that will not bring any lasting happiness to them; making wrong choices that end up damaging their bodies, self worth and ultimately destroying their lives and destiny. This book will prepare you to handle the pressure and make the right choices. This book reinforces the importance of making the right choices especially in the critical areas of our lives and the fact that although, you are able to make your own choices and choose a course of action, you cannot choose the consequences of your choices. Could it be that where you are today and the things you are struggling with is as a result of the choices you have made? These life-changing principles are timeless and will revolutionize you to your full potential. This is a must have book for every teenager, youth, parent and all those who work with, teach and raise them. Its time to arise and shine for your light has come!

Pathways in Christian Music Communication

Life is a pilgrimage. For the Senufo of C™te d'Ivoire, life consists of following the kologo, that is the path, the road, or the way. As such, kologo is a key Senufo term that speaks of the directions people choose to follow in life. A central aspect of following the Christian pathway among Senufo believers occurs through music. Music serves as a major communication vehicle that speaks profoundly into the people's lives. Thus, Pathways in Christian Music Communication addresses the problem of contextualization of Christianity in Africa via the use of a people's indigenous music. It focuses on the significance of culturally appropriate songs for effective communication of the Gospel within the African context. In providing a history of the development of Christian songs among the Senufo, a musical analysis of the songs and music culture, identifying communication theory at work within the music-making process, and a content analysis of an emerging Senufo lyric theology, King shows the pivotal role that a people's cultural music plays in integrating a people's worldview and daily lives with biblical teaching. Finally, King examines the influence and effect of songs in communicating the Gospel by showing how the pathway of a song leads to changes of allegiance to the living God and transformed lives. Although set in West Africa, essential principles and guidelines for doing ethnomusicological studies within missiology lies at the heart of this work.

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