Here's some interesting fodder for thought about the shrinking of cultures... (the following is an excerpt)
One way of rephrasing the question here is this: is the climate and culture of a place (a university or a basketball team) just the net result of the personalities and idiosyncracies of the group of people who happen to have been recruited into the group; or does the culture of the group have a certain normative persistence, capable of transmission to new arrivals?
If the assertion is true, how would it effect the way we think about "mission", "education" and "ministry"? Love to hear your thoughts.
J
