I don't know why it's not live yet Well the internet went down earlier today, so I don't want to chance it We order one What's up y'all so I have Jeffrey over yonder, but he's in the director seat vamp is here moderating in-person IRL Hmm Yes, we're all of those were good years Speed you want to film this for the tiktok e Okay, just out of your way So to save time y'all I went ahead and mixed up my resin if you're new here. Hi. Welcome. I'm Erica As I said before I have all of my entourage here Well, most of them and we're artists till death sets up right on my gloves And we go live every day Usually at 6 p.m. Central except for on Tuesdays is a 2 p.m. Central and it's always art usually resin But we also do acrylics alcohol in Glitterography It's a new word that I just came up with in my head and then it came out of my face It's like choreography, but with glitter. Yeah, it's glitterography. It's new. It's very dazzling anyways, so The patina color palette has been on my mind on my heart lately. And so I'm gonna do the Texas Geode patina patinois so I go ahead and divvy out my resin into these little cups The amount of resin you put in each cup fully depends on how much of each color you want represented in your piece I always leave a little bit in my Master cup. I promise this is my first glass of wine. Okay Four colors, I'm gonna use this color that I haven't used yet. It is intense Copper CEO intensities. I just wanted to vocalize the intensity. That's in this old baby jar. I Mean, it is pretty rich color. I do say so myself We guys think about intense copper So I'm gonna go ahead and put Some of that in my first cup I just love that about the pigments that we carry at artistledeth.com is that they mixed into the resin so easily effortlessly effort effort I Mean it looks just like it did in the jar. It didn't oops The loot at all whatsoever Like a model cheerleader Okay, the next color mixing up is seafoam from resin art You can find this on our website artistledeth.com as well all the colors and the Texas shape and the resin you can find on our website So this looks super chunky like it's not gonna mix in well Let me just say That's false YouTube Well, thanks tiktok because sometimes most times YouTube doesn't like to notify people Because they're rude This one is seafoam by resin Have a lid somewhere here it is Nope, not even on there on the bottom Got it during that era era era Next I need a white. I'm gonna use titanium Maybe possibly titanium. Yeah, okay, this is new for me But we are artists of death we are making a geo with a Texas shape If anybody has any questions on tiktok, please ask So some of you have got notifications from tiktok as well that are watching on YouTube We are dual streaming much like we used to do on twitch Trying to get every last little Bit of pigment out of this jar because waste not want not Hopefully this will be opaque This is just resin titanium white. It's pure Titanium-based white. It's very Pigmented so it stays true white and That is very opaque. I don't know if I said opaque before but it is Stone coat art coat Okay Now I'm gonna mix Some turquoise luster. This is from just resin as well This is an old jar, so it's not very pretty condition, but the pigment is Good, so we're about to get to the fun part all of this that we've been doing is prep and prep is very important when you're doing resin work Super luster You in awe Turquoise luster from just resin Okay I'm not sure that I know So the difference in a shimmer and a luster Yeah, shimmer is more sparkly and luster is more of Just a sheen. Yeah, I mean it reflects but there's more of a sparkle in A luster no shimmer rather than So I'm gonna start with some fire glass and this is one of our Texas boards You can hang it. I painted this one white because I wanted to have a nice solid base. This is my big So I start with deciding my shape With the glass this is fire glass in the 1 4th inch size I also have Smaller sorry not 1 4th. This is a half inch So this and that were discontinued From stone coat They were just having issues with it. It was causing some yellowing because people were putting too much of it into their piece and Since don't coat can't control how much of a product people put in it. They just decided to discontinue it. However The color passion pastes will do what the base since did from stone coat Hey, see people to talk So now that I have this Design that I like I'm gonna go ahead and put the clear that I have left over Just over this glass And this is gonna do two things. It's gonna help my glass adhere to the board and It's gonna give the glitter glass I put on later something to stick to and the glitter glass is actually Made from baby laughter and Unicorn tears and Butterfly wing It's technical, okay, it just is meow I'm gonna start with the Turquoise the luster That is a beautiful color I'm just gonna use the stir stick to push some of that mound of pigment inward and I'm not just laying just lines of color because It's gonna pour out at about Three-sixteenths of an inch. Look at me something smart It's gonna pour out higher than an eighth inch and resin self-levels at an eighth inch And so we need to kind of manipulate some of it So that's not too high so it doesn't break surface tension and all flow off your piece Just trust me And now it looks super green always cameras just don't want to pick up the blue and the color That's crazy cuz it looks blue online. So now I'm gonna add the whites. What's that tg? They're just like before I'm gonna just move up that pigment to match the line before it This way you're not getting a really high mound of resin. That's just gonna try to flow off at the first chance it gets Well, thank you, Nikki. We appreciate that If you guys tap that screen and give us some likes let everybody know That you guys enjoy our content. This is Appreciate that. Thank you so much y'all. So now I'm gonna use this C foam which is super sparkly I think this even goes beyond a luster Or even what a shimmer can be This is straight up sparkle magic and just like before I'm gonna just push this inward It's so To leave part To leave part of our studio if you you can walk all the way around or you can detour through Bowie's play ball pit But when you do that you step on all this wiki things and it's super funny if someone does it when they're angry It's super funny now. I'm gonna use this super awesome super intense copper. Mr. Copper Hey George, thank you. Hello kermit cat Match up these lines real quick now since resin self-levels Me pushing around some of these colors is not a problem But sorry everyone in tic-tac-lain. That was my dad my dad Hello, Megan Tee-Gee just crossed over Doing geodes is so relaxing and they're so not difficult. I used to put So much extra thought into doing geodes Hello, Marcia. Hey stone coat in the tic-tac house if you guys are new to our channel Here we are we're artists of death and also stone coat countertops is in the house, which is Hands down the best resin. So go check out stone coat countertops page Join them and Stone coat boat Gonna be a thing we're using here.  Okay. Now it's time to add the extras It's for sure gonna be glitter glass for sure. We're gonna add some liquid copper We're gonna add some lines Do that in a minute what I'm gonna do first is I'm gonna take some of the turquoise luster that we have and I'm gonna Try to open this apparently thank you George kid proof thing of Thornton shimmer Well, you should ask them first because they may not be in the studio So I'm gonna add in some Thornton shimmer from color passion This is gonna give me some cell action and it's gonna darken my other Paste now for those that were asking about this and that base tints from stone coat this Brand will give you that kind of result Since they discontinued their base tints That's okay At least it will in theory. I haven't had any issues with it. So Let's decide how we're going to manipulate this and create some cells I think I'm going to Shed blow this out this way or this inward you need to go out So I'm gonna put this dark Turquoise color that's called Thornton shimmer right in between our turquoise luster and our white then in a minute, I'm gonna manipulate the color outward We're gonna get some awesome effects with it Awesome, thanks screwball planet. Love the name Awesome, thank you everyone That ripple we got going on We're changing the stereotype. Yes, it is self-leveling so it'll handle Shed blow the copper inward we're gonna heat it push it in So because I'm using a concentrator nozzle. I'm getting those ripples This is the groom's cake if you look on our website artists told at that calm This is a concentrator nozzle. We also have a longer one that has a smaller Opening that's like a wedding cake in my current opinion Well, now I feel like I want to have this in our mingling more I think I'm gonna put a line of copper right here Give us a follow Tap the screen. Give us some lights. We really appreciate that If you have any questions, this is all resin from Stone Coat countertops Our co-brand And then all the colors If you have any questions about colors We're your friend with color All right, so if you guys have been watching me for a while, you know that I like to use a Floating gold when I do my geodes But for this I'm gonna use a copper and this is gonna be a liquid copper and anytime I use a floating gold. That's liquid. I Let There's more in when a copper notice that the other day So I'm putting a little bit of copper out on this paper and I tore it and flipped it inverted so that I could get a lot of the Active ingredient or what's the word? the propellant See this outline of like if this is ketchup or peanut butter, that would be the oil soaking in right here And what I'm trying to do is soak up all of that propellant so that it doesn't bloom When I apply it to the resin see when you scrape it it kind of parts and you can see like a darker area That's all propellant this break right here That's propellant that I don't want because if I leave it and I put a line in this line It's gonna grow because of the propellant That's in there and it's gonna grow so much that it'll splinter kind of and I don't want that So what I'm gonna do is just work this around and let all that propellant soak into this paper See it's still growing The more I work this around the more of that propellant is soaking up into the paper We're gonna do another little roadside test. We'll do one right here See how that's still growing We just did one right here Please Stephanie GG gave us a rose Thank you. I don't know what that means, but I love it It's a gift. Oh, it's a gift So it's starting to calm down. See how this one hasn't bloomed as large as this one I just keep doing these little what I call roadside tests until it Doesn't bloom All right So meow It's doing better. So I'm just gonna scrape up some of An area that I know doesn't have too much of that propellant in it Should have decided where I want to put this first, but we're gonna do it right here. And now we have that beautiful floating Copper on top Right floating the chrome is always good. Thank you George for the reminder for people to hit the like button All right, let's do another one on this side It's not out of the question I just have to find a shape that my Cutter can do Which shouldn't be a problem. I think I'm gonna put some of the copper around my glass JJ All right, it's not gonna work. Just soaking it off the paper. So I'm gonna have to go back into the bottle The stuff you really need to shake up every time Just just so you know and so up low Listen mistakes happen, and I'm just gonna show you guys how to clean it up. You can't get stressed out if something goes wrong Don't I don't think the alcohol works that well with metallics, but All right, so we got these oopsies here I don't know if you guys can tell but over here. It's starting to splay on the edge. See how it's not Rigid it's not a straight line like right here. It's gonna end up looking a little bit like a gear and That's the look that I was trying to avoid with putting these lines of color out It's blooming on me That's okay. So the way you can curb that is to just run a stick through it Also, we're across through from the police station. So That's a fun sound to hear All right, so roughly this piece is done. I super love it The only thing wrong with it is that it's missing some glitter glass And if you have not Jumped in the world of glitter glass. I'm here for you. I'm about to show you. What's up? This Glitter glass it's very fine very sharp Super tiny little pieces of clear glass and Because it's so fine and it lays all kinds of different ways It reflects like glitter, but it doesn't have I'm not I will never call glass. Nope I'll never call glitter tacky, but Glitter can get into the crafty look sometimes Glitter glass It doesn't because you can't even see it until you hit it with light and then you're like, oh Love that. What is that? Can I get more of that? Well, thank you screwball I feel bad calling you screwball since you gave me such nice compliment, but I love the the name I Appreciate it screwball. Yes, I'm gonna be down at Rhonda's again next week this coming week This week Uphmarket glitter For sure So that's basically it.  I would do a sprinkle of teal glitter glass, but I'm out.  That's fair point. I concur Definitely would have been nice and I've had this big blurb In fact, maybe I could run a color through it It wasn't gonna end the video but We're just this could be a finish all on its own We're gonna take it to the next step courtesy Rhonda She's gonna have to put on my artist till death gloves Let's So when it gets really dark like this you have to brighten it up So I'm gonna put Some white through So things like this this accident I call an error And I just want to impart upon you guys that errors don't mean a wrecked piece It just means you just have a little bit more work to do and you never know it could do something that's a Brand-new style of pouring Especially with resin art Don't get worked up. It's It's art, you know, it's subjective Also that white sinking all the way through that. That's what she said Think Donna Parker listen, that's true. Resin's gonna resin. However, I think we found a happy medium That's the right Sweet so you guys this is what my aqua patina geode looks like I know Rhonda would approve It's all of her favorite colors of ever No, he just ended the feed I Am So I'm gonna take this to Dfz and I will be right back. So you guys I don't think so Yeah, but most of my coasters are sold. I Don't have that much stock To do them We'll do coasters on another day. It's typically we don't waste resin here Wait Guys Thanks for sticking with us and watching what we're up to today I hope you were inspired or entertained or otherwise educated in some way We love you guys super super much and of course I will give you your moment of bowie time So, yeah, I hope you all have an awesome night Be safe out there looks like the moon's gonna be full soon and we'll see you guys Manana at 2 p.m. Central Same bowie time same bowie place Bye-bye everybody Y'all be kind to one another you never know what someone may be going through Never know what someone may be going through Be what you got All right, y'all have an awesome night. We love you guys so so much back Yeah, did you say bye? She said that


Hello, everybody. Andrea here with Dental L Tutoring. I have been the owner and creator since 2005, so that's a long time, depending on when you're watching this video. And I'm going to give you guys a sneak peek inside the Dental L RDH course that I have for you. So who is this course for? This is the perfect course for a newly graduated dental hygienist. It doesn't matter where you live, Canada, the States, anywhere, I'm going to go through things that a dental hygienist needs to know. Real life office experience so you know what to expect, how to book appointments, how to kind of have the overall view of your chart, how to know how to read charts, a little bit of everything. I remember becoming a dental hygienist and I was a dental assistant before, so that really helped me. But you're kind of thrown into the office, whether you get training or not, lucky you, but I did not. I was just basically thrown into my position as a dental hygienist and I was expected to know what to do. 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Like I said, this is everything you need to know for new dental hygienists who are just getting started and might, even if you've been a dental assistant before, it's good to kind of know more, of course, as a dental hygienist, because now you're going to be responsible for your own charts, getting the dentist in for a check. You're going to be going through charts at the beginning of the day to kind of figure out what to do. And this is something I remember as a new dental hygienist I had to get used to. I'd be looking through the chart saying like, okay, do I get the patient to come back in three months, six months, nine months, a year? What did the last dental hygienist do? Because I need to figure things out. But then you also have to think for yourself too. What if the last dental hygienist had the patient coming in every year and you're looking through the chart, you just finished the cleaning appointment and there was heavy calculus there, perio, the whole works. Well, you're going to want that patient to come in every three months. But as a new dental hygienist, you might not be thinking of these things because you're just thinking about doing a good job. You've started your job.  You're nervous as heck. You just want to do a good job, right? You just want to remove that calculus. So I'm going to make things easier for you. So sorry, let me show you guys inside the course now. I think I'm talking too much. So when you log in, this is what your course is going to look like, give or take when you're watching this video. It might have changed a little bit. All of your modules are right here. So I kind of go through everything. Like let's say if you're still going through the whole interview process, what are the types of questions they might ask you? How to be prepared? So all you have to do is click and then it's going to show up right here for you. You just click again and it's right inside the course. And this course is updated often. So I do say right here it was last updated. Today happens to be July 31. That's when I did update it last. And the nice thing is if you don't see a video in here or let's say you have started and you're like Andrea, I'm confused on how to write up the chart. You have a video, but you mind going through it a bit more with me. I am more than happy to do that for you. Just email me and I can help you. That is why I am here. This is what the course is about too. I am here to help you. I am like your own personal online dental hygienist to help you through this. So let's go through some more modules here. So let's say you're at the point where, okay, I'm looking to buy some loops, but I'm not sure are they worth it. I have a video on that too. Questions to ask before you actually get started. You need to be wondering, do I wear a uniform? What uniform do you have? Do you supply one? Are you expecting us to change at work to be like the ultimate infection control master? Is there anything I need to bring? Pens? Do you have enough pens for me? These are things to ask. So I go through that for you inside the course, but let's scroll down a little bit. I go through things a day in the life of a dental hygienist. So once you start working, you're going to have those nervous patients. You're going to have those difficult patients. You're going to have patients go, you're new here. I don't want to see you. How do you handle that? I've been there. I've done that. So I go through real life skills, if you will, as a dental hygienist that you need to know. What if you've left behind calculus? It happens. I've been working for 18 years. It happens to me too, but I go through, how to make you be okay with that? Or why did you leave the calculus behind? Maybe you need different instruments. Maybe you need to sharpen them. I go through all of that for you. I talk about oral cancer screening. I talk about how to use, oh, I got to fix that one, how to use the interoral camera. Do you have that in your office? I go through all of these things with you. So one last sneak peek, you will see all of the modules.  You won't be able to go through everything in your first day. Let me tell you, this is a course you have for life. You have full access for as long as I'm making the course. You never know what life is going to do. I never like to say indefinitely, but you have this for life. And these are for you. I am now a dental hygienist who owns my own mobile business. So I actually go to patients' homes to clean their teeth. This isn't allowed in every single state. I am allowed to do this where I live in Manitoba. And I go through that as well in case you are curious about that. So you guys, a little sneak peek for you. Like I said, let me know if any questions, oh, and I forgot to mention the manual. Everybody loves a good manual. So let's say you don't necessarily want to watch the videos right away because you signed up for the course 11 p.m. You just want to read something. I have a manual for you where I go through everything, how to book appointments, how to read the chart, how to talk to patients, what a new dental hygienist needs to know, x-ray taking, all of that. Let me know, you guys, if you have any questions, thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next one.


Yeah, I already I already told the speakers of today. This is a session. I am personally most excited about high expectations Why because when we talk about sustainability and technology The assumption is often that it's about solutions For the global north and often the solutions originate from the global north, but can these solutions and also Help tackle issues in the global south and And how can we contribute to develop locally sensitive solutions? To researchers from the Humboldt Institute for a society for internet and society Share the insights from their projects sustainability entrepreneurship Welcome and global digital transformation, and this is a project that is active in 10 cities across Africa Asia and Americas and so without further I'll do I'll do I'll just give the word to you Geo from Richthofen senior researcher from this Research group that I just said just introduced and I see Ali as long gumo shy head of the research group Thank you Speak with my stomach on a different topic Which would be cool. It would be cool. Now what I just wanted to say is I mean the Hick is a bit of a mouth We call ourselves Hick or Hick as in the Humboldt Institute for internet and society We are not the Humboldt who is the namegiver of the Humboldt University It's the other Humboldt the Alexander from Humboldt who was next for which by the way is then linked to this topic So yes together the Georg I'll present very briefly a bit the Institute the group and then one specific project And we titled it between Benin and Berlin so for those of you who thought this is about Algeria It is not right. It's not between Berlin and Benin. We're not talking about the middle Why we're not about the middle's Mediterranean sea. We're actually talking about work in Benin and other countries But we thought an alteration might be quite nice and what I think what is important about the Hick is That what we try is we try to integrate excellent research with impact, right? So we are in a way almost like a hybrid organization that tries to bring in academic research As well as impact and practice and in Germany. There's actually quite a few of these institutes and institutions Whereas in the US and UK you have more of these institutions that are a bit at the border between academia and practice And that's what we also try to position our ourselves. Thank you So the Hick was founded in 2011 We generally claim not only claim we say we're the first German research Institute for internet and society Because there are others who came after us, right? So being the first is something we we cherish But now we have over 70 people working in our institute on topics like AI Democracy and digitalization global governance, etc etc like multiple topics in different programs and groups And I also see some Hicklers or former Hicklers in the room Who also worked worked with us so different topic areas and I think the intersection is generally digitalization and society and in our research group the IES the Innovation on social society research group. We try to focus on kind of the interconnection of three topic areas The first area is innovation entrepreneurship kind of the business side of things, right? So we're interested in how organizations engage Innovatively with with with with topic areas the second one is in society We try to engage with societal grand challenges topics of societal interest and then the third one is digitalization So the work in our group is really kind of the business entrepreneurship innovation Digitalization and society and the inter linkage of these three is what we focus on in our group I must say I feel like walking behind this tree back and forth. It is a beautiful one though. So this is the group You can see here Georg he was a younger then You also see others from this from the set project Christian is up there. There's more it's Christine is there. So this is our research group In the Hague and if you're interested in this work, we have right now Actually, I think there's the deadline was yesterday. We're looking for a student assistant for instance But if you write in your application bits and boimea, we grant you an additional day, right? So right here exclusively you can apply for position a day even after on a project on platform alternatives So what do we actually work on and that this is My final slide and then I'll hand over to gear to zoom in on one of these projects, right? so the Hague the the ES group With it with this team works on complete Quite a diverse range of topics and we try to categorize them obviously any categorization is Artificial somewhat but one of the areas is collaboration openness. I think this is a topic. We have heard in the reset report also being mentioning that global topics need to be engaged with in a coordinated and collective fashion so this is about openness it's about Bringing together different different groups different actors for instance the open next so that every dot effectively is one project So one third-party funded project with a project leader and so on work on this topic area open next Effectively mean very brief input. We all know about open software, etc What about open hardware and especially in times of code 19? If you think about 3d printers for instance back then how do you create open hardware that can be used globally? Quickly, right? So that's a project on this AI into knowledge work is a project that Georg also leads He leads actually two projects at the same time I don't know whether you do it Monday Tuesday or Monday morning or day and night Maybe day one project the night the other project But so AI knowledge work is about the future of work right and one of the projects there We for instance work on is we ask how does AI? Shape the future of work Representation right not just work not just managers, but actually work a representation And then the last one is on people analytics set is the one which Geoq will introduce in the moment We also work on social innovation social entrepreneurship questions about how do organizations bring in different values right meanings So the business side and the sustainability side or the business side and the social side How do you integrate them in an organization is is that? last section platforms and ecosystems is really about I mean digital platforms and Maybe focusing a bit more on like a third way an alternative perspective on platforms so between I mean simply put between China and the US What would be a European alternative to platform to the platform economy? And the other platform project just published a report a couple of weeks ago and the Inka project is starting soon And yeah last I mean last two centers on this as you see we try to be quite creative with the names So Kiwi is Künstliche Intelligenz und Wissen Arbeit so that's the Kiwi part of it Inka is the in from increasing then corporate and then I think accountability That's where the Inka comes from so we also come up with the needy nice names And what the set stands for and what is behind all that is now Well, Geoq will talk about that next and then we're looking forward to a conversation afterwards. Thank you. I Just want to hide it Sorry one more slide one more slide. Sorry. Sorry. I thought I'll just also point out a couple of applications Right and a bit of a glimpse into some of the publications that we have One is a report that we published this year on the promises and pearls of AI in social entrepreneurship Right, so we're wondering how do social ventures engage with AI, right? And maybe also we published normal kind of academic articles This is an essay about design about desirable futures. We effectively question Academic thinking that is oftentimes very retrospective. So the brief Kind of summary of this is most scholarship builds on data that exists But if we can only do research on data that exists, we can only do retrospective research, right? And I mean one one argument in that piece is we say if Trump throws a stake at us I can analyze the stake but if I want a vegetarian alternative and it doesn't exist I cannot analyze it right so how can we do prospective theorizing? How do we can actually co-create futures as academics, which is again very much linked to kind of our role as as the Hick Right, what is the role of academia here? Is it just analyzing or is it actually even co-creating and if we talk about co-creating What is then our actually right to do so as scholars and the last kind of hint is we also have Digital lunch talks. This is one on grand challenges digitalization and sustainability Three more are coming up this year where we engage with these topics digitally with colleagues from quite a range of disciplines so very interdisciplinary and now I really head over to Georg to talk about that Okay, so welcome from my side as well Glad to see so many faces and familiar faces here as well So what I want to do to do is first of all the project Sustainability entrepreneurship and global digital transformation and then afterwards I want to speak about one particular format That we think is quite relevant when it comes to kind of trying to make an impact in the global House as researchers in the global north without kind of kind of just exposing your ideas on the global south and so on So but just give you a big of background about the project So this project is is funded by GE said Deutsche gesellschaft international summer bite on behalf of BM said the German federal ministry of Economic cooperation and development and maybe it's good to to know a little bit about this So basically what and he said has been doing recently in the last five to ten years is to think about development and cooperation work More through the lens of digitalization and digitalization So they've been kind of having a lots of different projects and at some point That what they came up with the idea to build so-called digital transformation centers These are centers He said it's kind of building and lots of different countries where they're already active and these centers are very much focused on Digitalization so for let's say and what they actually focus on in the different countries that arise a lot and that depends and of course always on What is kind of needed most what their political partners prioritize at the time? So for instance in Rwanda that may be focused on entrepreneurship whereas in other and other areas might be more focused on kind of building digital literacy, so it really varies a lot and so what kind of we have like the privilege to do is for for this Yeah, the range of from November last year to April next year We as Hick are something like the academic interface for ten of these digital transformation centers Which have been fairly recently built so they're kind of still looking for expertise and connections and so on and so we basically Try to provide that and I think that's maybe important to know so we are not as a as Hick We're not primarily only doing research, but we also have a lot of people who are very much engaged in science Communication and transfer formats which means essentially that we don't necessarily only down product research But we also try to think about creatively about ways to transfer knowledge and able knowledge exchange and so on so concretely what does that mean so So we have lots of activities planned within these one and a half years So we have two research prints and I will introduce that concept in more depth in a minute Then we have 11 stakeholder dialogues where we bring people together from academia Science but also politics business and civil society to engage in dialogues on particular topics We have studies of course and we have public events public events The aim is always rather rather than a set in-depth conversation about topic is more like raising Kind of awareness for a particular issue that might be relevant to a civil society so these are kind of the activities we have planned and Yeah, just to give you an idea of what these where these ten transformation centers are based So most of them are actually in Western Africa. So in Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and in Niga But they're also we also cooperate with a DTC in Kenya and Morocco And in addition in Asia now this fall we will be in Vietnam and Indonesia and And also next year Mexico and what's also interesting is in Kosovo for instance There's this project where they have this former not NATO base, which is more like coming from architectural Viewpoint kind of thinking about ways how to repurpose this NATO base area for civil society and So today I will particularly actually focus on Ghana and in the context of the research sprint Before that, it's maybe still worthwhile to kind of briefly explain how we what our approaches in these cases so how do we proceed especially when it comes to kind of choosing topics that we actually study and Form it so we always start first of all by Kind of identifying a local needs so this happens in close cooperation with the digital transformation centers on the ground and Because of course these have been built there and other active for several years already And they're not only let's say Geet said consultants from Germany and so on But they also have of course the people who work there who are locals and in addition they work very closely with their political partners So for instance in the case of Benin where we were in in June It's a ministry for digitization. So Benin actually has a ministry for digitization also for quite a while so they kind of talk closely about the topics and priorities and so we had like lots of Lots of different meetings where we talked to both the DTCs as well as their partners kind of come up with the questions We want to address and then next we would kind of Yeah, co-creatively develop these questions and take into consideration of course what we have to offer at the HIC What expertise we have not only at the HIC maybe but also at the network of centers Which are our partner institutes and then last but not least we would kind of think about a format to address these research questions and to develop Knowledge for for people that they can actually use in the end okay, so research prints and so I think maybe it's Hopefully always that research friends is like a metaphor. So it's not like people actually sprinting However from a from a scientific perspective of an academia point of view it can actually a bit feel that way In terms of the the timing we have so the idea of research prints was we think pioneered by like a partner institute of ours and Bergman Klein which is something like the HIC but not in Berlin but at Harvard and so the idea is That basically ideas that the research projects often often last several years So can be like multi-year projects and of course, that's something that is also necessary We don't want to replace that but oftentimes it just takes too long to kind of come up with until these Let's say reports and studies and so on are published, right? And policy makers often often need more timely feedback from researchers So here the idea is okay research print are timely So instead of let's say working on something several years the goal is to generate knowledge within several weeks or month And in addition, however, or at the same time, however, I think they're still let's say allow for more depth than Like classical forms like conferences. So like like being here today This is great, of course that we can have this convert like hear about different sessions discuss them and so on But then of course maybe after the conference you think oh actually this one talk I got this nice idea and then you would discuss it further But then then is not really a format right where you can follow up on this So the other research friends is that you have several sessions for two months So people kind of bring in their perspectives talk about it And then they can also come back and just take the discussion further. So second there international interdisciplinary So I think that's quite important of course to understand especially issue related to digitalization sustainability from multiple perspectives So it's not enough to have say when you talk about the gig economy to have an economist But we also want to have a sociologist and someone with a legal background With the policymaking background because all these perspectives of some matter intensely when we come when we talk about regulating such markets for instance and Yeah, and of course like when it comes to Issue the climate change because it doesn't stop at at borders It's important to have people from different countries there as well last but not least there open and flexible So the idea is that that you start with a relatively broad tropic that you then narrowed more down over time So then questions can be adapted over the time and so can research for key and what kind of data you use and so on So just to give you a one example and already announced it So we had this one research sprint and in summer early summer on a sustainable digital economies in Ghana and here The goal of the goal was really to inform Practitioners and policy makers in Ghana about the country's online gig work ecosystem So when I talk about online gig work, so it doesn't other gig work often you think about maybe uber drivers and so on So that's not what it's meant here It's more meant something like they have a platform where people upload gigs Let's say and we need someone that helps us with with the report Let's say graphic design and then can people can apply for this. So this online gig work Kind of has of course a lot of potential in terms of that It can let's say people from all over the world can kind of get gigs that maybe that we upload here Let's say in Germany. So that's brings a lot of opportunities, but they're also still a lot of limitation to it and Yeah, there's some key facts. So overall we had 11 fellows from nine countries and eight disciplines and so they work together online for most of the time and then the end we had the closing week in Ghana and So with a lot of different outputs. So we in the closing week So basically the sprints engage with conversations with local ministries Local innovation agencies and so forth and then also there was a stakeholder dialogue and event And there will also be a study coming out of it I thought it's just maybe nice to show you a couple of images so that it becomes a bit more Concrete so here you can see one of the sessions that was online where the sprints met and Yeah, and engaged in their weekly session and discussed their progress and so on So this gives you a bit of an idea. So Yeah, and maybe also interesting to know kind of when you facilitate something like this It's relatively complex. So it's not like giving an academic lecture or a seminar. So it's a very different dynamic So it's really good to have not only Academic guidance but also have facilitators and moderators and have these roles also clearly separated to actually Enable that it's a proper proper research print So then maybe some some some impressions from the from the closing week So this was at the labor ministry in Akra and Ghana So where basically the the fellows presented the sprint results and discussed them with them And maybe also try to understand me at the perspective of the of the policy makers a kind of why regulating this this online gig work space is so so complicated and Then towards the end of the week Okay, the one one more picture here of Ghana innovation hub People also gauge to conversations and then there was this mighty stakeholder look dialogue So which essentially where we often use something like the world cafe methods. So the idea is to have different tables Which focus on different topics, but then the groups themselves are quite mixed So there are often people like from academia politics business and so on so that they actually engage in conversation Again here, of course, it's good to think a lot about facilitation and what you need to have the conversation started and and so on and How to actually document findings in the meantime and then towards the end of the stakeholder looks the different Tables would often then basically just represent their findings to the other Tables which couldn't basically have discussed different topics and then we document them and Provide like a synthesis and document and share that with all participants Last but not least there was like a like a panel discussion so Here again as I said before the idea was not let's say to have like a nip discussion with like everyone but there were like three panelists who brought in different perspectives and just kind of more race awareness in Ghana society for this issue and I think it was actually quite a success because we didn't have only this panel but and be live-streamed but also it was afterwards and live-streamed on Radio in Ghana, so lots of people hundreds of thousands of people heard about Generally like the opportunity that comes along with online gig work, but also kind of some of the problems Now the topic here was of course when we talk today about sustainability here obviously it was more focused on like say social Sustainability on decent work and so on but in the overall project. We also have other topics focused so our and Next research Brent will be on on more on green tech in Vietnam Maybe just some key findings. So what what did the fellows learn? So first of all there were a lot of legal uncertainties So when it comes to online gig work, so the status of gig workers is often not clear What does it mean or imply it means for instance that they often is not a clear whether they actually have a right to unionize More over for the government was often quite difficult to say Okay, how can we enforce minimal minimal legal wage because it wasn't clear who's the employer as the employer let's say a Person in Berlin who's uploading the gig to do the graphic design for a study or as the platform So kind of the same discussion that we are having also in Europe about the status of these workers as second was noted the level of geographical challenges in terms of that the That there's a strong Rural divide so that most of the profit Projects accumulate in metropolitan areas such as Acra Which is of course a pity given that it would provide potentially a chance that people can kind of stay in their villages in smaller cities And kind of do this kind of work However, there's this trend that that this is accumulating in metropolitan areas last but not least There was also a big discussion about skill related channel challenges So what if it's people noted is that you don't only let's say need the design the graphic design skills But you also need these kind of self-management skills entrepreneurial skills You need kind of be able to navigate the platform know how to find gigs how to kind of promote yourself Create a profile that then it kind of is in looks in a way that people will actually say Oh, I want to give that task to that person or not So a lot of skills involved which at this time are something Sometimes still lacking on the one hand and on the other hand that was another issue is that often Workers didn't have like a clear picture of what skills are actually valued in these online labor markets So what skills are maybe valued not only now, but also in 10 in two years so they can adjust and in the meantime and Acquire these skills Okay, so that's something I mentioned briefly so the next research print We will start a next month actually on the level of October and so it will Again take place mostly online But there will be a closing week in in Vietnam and here the question is really very much focused on green technology Entrepreneurship so basically in Vietnam is a country which is extremely affected by climate change due to rising sea levels Typhoons and so on so they really have to kind of make this energy transition and a lot of reports coming out These days and kind of looking at priorities and one big priority for Vietnam is a green tech to make the transition both in Transport but also the energy sector and so on However, I mean Vietnam is a communist country. So a lot for instance in energy There's like a state-owned enterprise which almost controls 100% of the energy market Which makes innovation of course a lot more complicated and let's say in France or Germany or so on and So therefore that there's a question of kind of what obstacles do green tech entrepreneurs currently face on the one hand On the other hand from the kind of investor side what factors promote or inhibit investor and investment in green tech startups So these are kind of the questions which are very dear to the heart of the people who are we are collaborating with in Vietnam at the moment and so we will again have Do the sprint and have a mighty stakeholder look and a public events so we represent the findings at the green economy forum exhibition in 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City on the 30th of November So basically and yeah and having something like this in mind Of course is also helpful for the fellows to have a clear goal and they can actually have something that can focus on So yeah, that's something and last but not least what I wanted to mention also is when then the end How we can we in a way kind of scale this knowledge that be that we kind of collect in all these different places and this different Transformation centers and how can we kind of provide it in a way? Let's say to also maybe other Digital transformation centers, which are not in Vietnam But maybe have similar conditions and so on and similar problems and then what this one idea We had is to kind of create a hub for digitalization project descriptions so is the idea is to to have this like a place where you can basically Chronicle cases, let's say at the intersection of digitalization and sustainability And so that people can kind of share insights and learn from each other and we currently actually have an open course So if you're interested in that so just Google knowledge knowledge exchange digitalization or take a picture And so for the first cases is also some incentive involved so that's one idea we have also into a kind of Document the findings in addition to having studies and and panel discussions and and and live streams and so on So yeah, this was such some input So again, I think this research print format can be really interesting If you want to kind of avoid just kind of let's say flying to a place and just holding a presentation But collaboratively both exchanging and and generating knowledge and so yeah We look forward to have to you just to the discussion and we have I think 10 more minutes for Q&A. Thank you very much Who wants to have asked a question? Thank you so much. That was super interesting. I definitely gonna look at the project. I'm just wondering the transfer of knowledge you gather to the specific region or regions the different ones You're probably gonna look at entrepreneurship how you can actually change the education entrepreneurship education How are you gonna include the aspect of maybe purpose or sustainability? just wondering how in which ways you are going to Basically like all the gatherings you make turn turn them back again to your to your collaboration partners I'll take the easy part start and if you want to chip in then I'll hand over to Georg I think the key thing is like with these projects we change what it means to be an academic, right? So normally academia is very distant. You go there. You have a question, etc. This is speedy, but it's also actually the role of the academic becomes that of a moderator So we come with expertise on digitalization We have certain values as well But actually we go in the field and are quite open towards seeing their problems, right? So it's not that we come there with our predefined problems But we say so what are your problems and then we use the toolkits we have so in a way I guess what what do we use we use our human capital or our knowledge we use our social capital or network So we are part of a network of centers of over a hundred inter-institutes. We use our financial capital We have some resources as well and I guess we use our cultural capital We motivate people on the ground also to pursue certain things. That's I guess the generic answer But yeah, maybe you want to continue on that Yes, so maybe it's a good question I think we had the same discussion after the talk before about the reset report So now the report is done But what actually now happens with it how do policy makers and so on learn about it I think in this project we have the advantage that we have these kind of these formats like the stakeholder dialogues and the events already built into the Entrugs or so into into the grant agreement. So actually basically when we go to Mexico We will next year we will have the Results of the sprint and offer study and discuss it in the stakeholder look with policy makers and have public event And I think the good thing is that that these digital transformation centers and let's say now We go back in March next year, but the DTCs are not going anywhere So that's still there and for them it's one of their let's say three key resources whenever they discuss a topic Let's say okay. Well, we have this report on this topic and another report another topic And so basically they can refer to it So I think that's a bit of an advantage that we have in this project transfer formats are already built into the grant agreement Thank you Okay My name is Alejandra. I'm from Columbia My necologist so not that that into entrepreneurship. I have two questions one is regarding a little bit what she said is are you going to monitor how For the future how these stakeholder dialogues evolve or if they get really into a policy change or Are you going to monitor that in in one way and another question is regarding language and you're in different parts So I wanted to know what languages are you talking? It is all English based as this is great a filter for participation Yeah, so thank you for the questions may be first of all about Languages so So given that the that the in the that the fellows come from lots of different places You can see a so often academia than the the go-to language is English So people were getting English however, so now for instance in the when we do the sprint in Vietnam There are also a lot of applicants from Latin America, especially Mexico. So what we now do is we form two two groups also that or we think about form two groups is And basically that the people can also engage in Spanish because they were also some who let's say are not so fluent in English And maybe feel more comfortable kind of contributing the perspective and that and so for instance when we were in Benin because it's such a Francophone country So we also for instance decided that we actually write the study in French because otherwise No one would actually read it and benefit from it So we had very lucky that we have a scholar from Canada who's originally from from from Niga and He is but now there's now an Ottawa So he's both fluent in French and English and so basically we could discuss and everything But then he will write ultimately this the study in French But in addition we would do an exit executive summary in English so the people who don't speak French can actually also at least Get the gist of it and First question Right, and yeah, and that's maybe a big issue making I can send something about this But it's also a big discussion and science in general. I think right how to monitor that Yeah, and so maybe I think again what is our role again? It's changing in terms of like from what the normal academic is doing I think we are not just moderators, but actually orchestrators, right? So when Georg says we could actually commission some of the studies right because we're saying we are not the expert We don't speak the language but also the local language But we know that say the system and we enable others to work further So even with the case studies like we kind of try to be the platform for others, right? So in terms of then like output and so on I mean the gate set has certain KPIs right in terms of reach, etc We will have a follow-up Probably project with the gate set But I think what's also key is for us like when we write the proposal We try to be only a piece of the puzzle and the puzzle should also continue without us, right? And so the gate set as you said will stay there in these different centers and have an institutionalized presence, right? And we like I mean before my in the previous I was a consultant, right? So you fly in you go in for a week and then you're out again, right? And that's obviously it's it's not very healthy, right? And so we see ourselves really as enabling those who are on the ground there to then continue these things So yes, they are KPIs at the same time. I mean, I'm a qual-school. I think you also is permanent qual-schooler We are also very hesitant because obviously things not all things that are good can be measured, right? And oftentimes it is I mean the radio for instance forecast Broadcast at radio we don't know whether that has the impact right and how many people then change their behavior So a lot of these things cannot be measured But we try to keep a track and institutionalize beyond our own engagement Thank you Hi, I actually come my name is Camilo. I come from Mexico I'm very interested in your visit to Mexico if you can send or we're gonna get more information about that next visit And I have a social project. We use open hardware and open software. Sorry, and we bring education to rural Mayan villages without internet access So is there a way we can find a way to collaborate with an institute maybe or how can we do that? Thank you Yes, you can basically when you go to our website There's also a live ticker on the activities that are going on in the set project specifically and Yeah, if you free to reach out also after the conference and maybe there's some some some form it where we can collaborate. So it would be interesting More questions Yeah We'll gather them first. Hi. My name is Jacob spheres. I Used to be a scientist, but at the moment I'm work for the Berlin development agency My question is With your project with your approach you put a very very intense question up front when it comes what is actually the functionality of science itself so my question would be where do you see the limitations of what what I would call engaged science Because you are very and maybe too much into it and in the thick of it I will first Get some more questions. Okay So my name is Thomas up now I'm from the Accenture Development Partnerships Program here in Germany and I would be curious to Understand your view on the gig economy. You mentioned the example in Ghana Because it's a way of embedding local workers into international value chains. So What's your assessment on the long-term positive or negative impact for Sustainable structural development of similar countries. Thank you another question. I can We can already address now. Okay, then I hand back to you Thank you, so I'll address your question because this is something I actually write about and there's a huge debate in academia on engaged scholarship And one of them who just died wrote a book on engaged scholarship a Hoffman wrote a book on the engaged scholar So this is a topic which is quite hot right now I what's the role of an academic in these things and I mean when we teach obviously we teach students like you up And they do participant observation you observe the moment you engage you also I mean you infiltrate you shape the field It's a right.  Who are we in the moment? You obviously even enter right? So if you if you enter a field your identity is something which is seen and all that is has an impact Right, like so if we go to the global south and we look white for instance or whatever Then that has an impact on maybe how people converse right so for an Qualitive scholar for scholars generally all these things have to be considered some of them can be trained As in like with ethnographic scholarship others are just there by I guess by situation, right? and then what I've written a piece on contextual expertise where I try to argue for like bringing in other Scholars etc and certain methods, but I guess my my quick response is on the other side though What I like about engage scholarship is that we are not just sitting back and watch but actually Co-create right and so it creates a lot of new tensions But I think there's also a lot of power behind that and the challenge for that on the other side though Is it is still very much? Delegitimized by the field so with an academia I mean my PhD scholar students for instance with them It's a very careful process because in academia itself. It's still something. Yeah, which is doesn't have the same legitimacy as distant positivist scholarship Yeah, thanks much for the question and think it's a good one However, I mean Ali in the beginning showed the slide with all the people who work in the innovation entrepreneurship research group And so this particular question was a kind of more coordinated by Farben Stefani You so I can leading expert on the gig economy especially online gig work and I'm more than happy to connect you to because I think it's I can't really Answer this question conclusively or and you got Then I think we are now one minute over time So I will close this session. Thank you very much. Also. Thank you for your questions and Have a thank you and have a great rest of Bits and Boomer


In the latest teaser for Netflix's The Crown, we see them cleverly transitioning Queen Elizabeth the second to her new appearance as an... ...old bat. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Matt Rogers. As far as Netflix originals go, The Crown is funnily enough Netflix's crown jewel. But have you ever wondered what the real Queen of England thinks of the show? Well, a new statement from Buckingham Palace proves the royal family think it's a royal pain. The Crown follows the life and times of Queen Elizabeth the second and plays off of real life events and how they affected the royal family. Being a TV show, it is of course a dramatic interpretation of the events, however, usually sticking reasonably close to the truth. Previously, royal advisors have stated that Her Majesty was, quote, "...reasonably entertained by the first season of the show." Unlike Prince Philip, who according to star Vanessa Kirby says he, quote, There was one story arc, however, that the Queen was upset by in the second season. Surrounding Prince Charles being picked on at school and how Prince Philip was, quote, "...a father insensitive to his son's well-being," end quote. The royal advisor went on to say that she was particularly annoyed at a scene which Philip has no sympathy for plainly upset Charles, while he's flying him home from Scotland. According to Her Majesty, that simply did not happen. In the time leading up to the third season, Buckingham Palace have felt the need to distance themselves from the hit show after the Guardian posted an article, alluding to the royal family being considered in the writing of the show. Donald McCabe, the Queen's communications secretary, has this to say about said article. Quote, We appreciate that readers of The Guardian may enjoy this fictionalized interpretation of historical events, but they should do so in knowing that the royal household is not complicit in interpretations made by the program. The royal household has never agreed to vet or approve content, has not asked to know what topics will be included, and would never express a view as to the program's accuracy. This statement, of course, covers the royal family for any inaccuracies, but on the other side of the coin, It begs to question are they doing what they are notorious for in the show and keeping up appearances and hiding dark secrets within the palace walls. This is not the only time that the royal family has commented on Hollywood's take on them. Dame Helen Mirren had her performances Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film The Queen, which followed the events surrounding the death of Princess Diana in 1997. There has been no official reaction from the Queen herself, however, her grandchildren, Harry and William, have said that they were, quote, cool about it, and even once jokingly called Mirren, granny. But what are your thoughts on the portrayal of the royal family in TV and film? Do you think it's historically accurate or are the lives of the royals hardly that dramatic? Let me know in the comments. Season three of The Crown is dropping November 17 without Buckingham Palace's seal of approval, and it'll be interesting to see if it shows the royal family in a not-so-flattering light.


Good morning everyone and welcome to class. I hope you all had a good weekend. I hope I'm not echoing. It's my sound okay online students Sound is fine Okay, thank you cheetah So welcome everyone to class. We also want to welcome the e-learning students will be listening to this lecture later on We were looking at chapter 5 Kingdom Builders Lifestyle We'll continue looking at chapter 5 before that we'll Just pause for the word of prayer and I'll ask ring to lead us in prayer Jesus we thank you for this beautiful morning and That you have blessed us with Lord and I thank you for the breath in our lungs and everything that we have and we're so thankful Jesus and Lord today as we're gonna Our class I pray that you That we will learn something Today and that we'll be able to apply it in our lives and that you'd help process Selena to teach as well Thank you Father for this time in your name and pray amen Amen. Thank you Rin. So we're basically looking at Kingdom Builders Lifestyle and You know, it's for God, it's important who we are and the life we live as Kingdom Builders So we are going to look at we were looking at three main areas In how we need to you know, build ourselves up. Okay first area is Anyone knows which is the first area? Our character. Yes, Godly character second What is the second one? spiritual Maturity and the third one is stewardship. Okay, so last week we began looking at Godly character. We saw how character is developed. We looked at Examples of Daniel and Joseph And we also looked at why characters is important. Okay now we look at the second area that is Spiritual maturity Okay. Now is spiritual maturity more is more important than spiritual gifting or spiritual gifting is more important than spiritual maturity Spiritual maturity is more important than spiritual gifting. Why do you think spiritual maturity is more important than your gifts? Can take the mic, please If we don't have a spiritual Maturity we may or misuse the gifts that was God that God given for us and We may also use it as they may as be dangerous in our hands Okay, we must we might misuse it waste the anointing and you know would not be profitable Okay, what else? They won't be power when we do it Okay, the power of God the anointing of God will not be released to minister to others anything else Okay, so we see that Our spiritual maturity is more important than Your your gifting. Okay, so if you're spiritually mature, you know, God can give you a greater anointing greater leading to do things Greater responsibility and also the gifts that and the grace that will enable you to fulfill the function Okay, so what is spiritual maturity? Spiritual maturity when translated in English basically means complete But when you look at greek greek is a much rich language much richer language than english You know for some of the greek words will have multiple Words and multiple meanings which we can be used in different contexts Which actually brings alive the truth and the the real Understanding the real meaning of that sentence and really changes the sentence So if you know when you study greek you study the bible in greek a whole understanding of The truths and the revelation in the new testament will you know just Bring such a fresh revelation. So greater insight such deeper insights, okay So we're going to look at three greek words which talk about spiritual maturity in various contexts in the new testament One is tilios. The other one is pilero and the other one is katharid zoe Okay, so tilios pilero and katharid zoe. So tilios basically means, you know being perfect full of age Mature being perfect pilero means basically to be full of or to be To be filled up, okay to fill up or to be full of and katharid zoe basically means to be thoroughly equipped Okay, so we look at these three greek words where it is used in different context in the In the new testament wherever we see complete It's basically talking about spiritual maturity, but it can mean either one of these words. It can mean either tilios pilero or katharid zoe, okay So even as we look at these various bible passages, we will also see Understand the seven characteristics of spiritual maturity. Okay. So if you look at matthew chapter five was 48 there it says What does it say? be perfect As your heavenly father is perfect. So it's basically talking perfect in the sense of tilios. What is tilios? To become to be full of age mature come, okay, uh, though actually the word Spiritual maturity means complete but in different context here it is tilios perfect means what?  Okay, so we need to be mature Look at what Ephesians 4 13 says It says till we come to be Perfect again the knowledge of the son of god to a perfect man To the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ So being Mature man being perfect means we come to a place where we are Basically in all things we are manifesting the fullness of christ. We are like christ We are like jesus in every area of our life. We are manifesting him in every area of our Lives Colossians 1 28 and 29 says can somebody read that please Him we preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in christ jesus To this end i also lever striving according to his working which works in me mightly Amen, so what is paul saying what why is he preaching and teaching? Why is he preaching and teaching? So that every person can be present every man and woman can be presented as Perfect perfect means till the word is tilios means what? Mature complete. Okay, perfect. Yes Uh, the second characteristic is spiritual maturity is being perfect and complete in all the will of God, okay, so look at Colossians chapter 4 verse 12 But paul is saying that he's there their prayer is That the people or the believers be perfect tilios and complete Pilaro, okay in all the will of god, okay So which means you know spiritual maturity basically means that in every area of our lives We are fully aligned. We are fully surrendered to the will of god in everything that we do Whatever we preach teach whatever we do. We are completely aligned to the will of god The third characteristic of spiritual maturity is that we are being thoroughly equipped for every good Work, okay, so growing spiritually mature means that we should be thoroughly equipped for every good work, okay, so Here in second quarantine's chapter 30 in paul writing to the church at Corinth He's saying, you know, it's our prayer that you be made complete complete is katharit zoe. What is katharit zoe? No complete is the general It's a general word, but what is katharit zoe? Being thoroughly equipped. Yes.  Okay, so We what is what should we pray for believers? What should we pray for ourselves that we be thoroughly equipped so spiritually mature means that we are You know thoroughly equipped that we are You know, uh aligned ourselves the will of god that we are mature in every area of our life that in every area of our life We are like christ. We are growing into christ likeness.  It's only the work of this holy spirit It's only the work of god, but we know that in every aspect of christian life God or the holy spirit cannot work if we are not Co-working or co-laboring or co-voluntary along with them. Okay So it's important that we become complete. So the the responsibility is us It's not only us, but also if you look at hebrew's chapter 13 It says here that you know, um, the the good shepherd the great good shepherd that is the lord jesus christ He will make you complete. Okay, so even as we Work to Into spiritual maturity we even as we work towards becoming complete in christ in all areas of our life Okay, and even as god works out his good in our lives It's also the work of the holy spirit. It's also the work of god So he works in us bringing about what is well pleasing in his site like we read in this Worse in hebrew's chapter 13. Okay. Look at luke chapter 6 verse 40. What does jesus say there?  What do we have to go through? We need to go through a process of training and equipping. Okay um, even In the five-fold ministry office that of the apostle prophet evangelist pastors and teachers What is their responsibility? Ephesians chapter 4 verse 12 It is to equip the saints. Okay Equip the saints that means equip Uh us to do every good work that god has purpose for us. So that is the work of those in the five-fold ministry, okay, so The spiritual maturity means that we are equipped in every good work The fourth one spiritual maturity means that we are in a place where we are able to receive solid Meat solid food. So when we read about solid meat solid food when paul writes Whether it's in hebrus or paul is writing to the church at corrent. What do we mean by solid food or meat? Revelation okay, that means we are in a place. We are so spiritually mature We are full of spiritual wisdom and understanding like paul says so that we can understand the mysteries of god or the mysteries of the kingdom of god, okay So we will be able to receive wisdom and we'll be able to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of god When we are spiritually mature. Okay, so that is what we see here in hebrus five six Uh chapter six and first correntians chapter Two, okay So look at first correntians chapter two was seven. What does paul write? In the mystery the hidden wisdom which paul ordained before the hebrus Yes, so he says we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery the hidden wisdom Which god ordained for ages to come so he's saying that this mystery this wisdom that we're speaking cannot be understood by everyone And who can understand it those who are spiritually mature, okay The fifth one is spiritually the spiritual maturity Gets our senses trained to know what is good and evil, okay, so Uh, when we are spiritually mature, we know what is bad. What is good? What is right? What is wrong? What is good? What is evil? We just don't know our soul which means our mind Our emotions and our will is trained to know what is good and evil and is Able to do what is good and overcome Evil, okay, so that is what hebrus chapter five was 14 says that those Uh, can somebody read that hebrus chapter five was 14 hebrus five 14 11 to 14 Of foam we have much to say and here to explain since you have hebrus five 14 Page 93, please Okay Okay, no is there, okay But solid food belongs to those who are of full age. That is those who Why reason of use have their senses? Exercise to discern both good and evil. Yes. Thank you. Amen. So here he's saying those who are of full age That means the word is Thelios, okay Is able to understand in their senses their full age complete perfect men Okay, or women and then have their senses trained to discern both good and evil the sixth one is spiritual maturity is putting away childish behavior We already saw that it's you know in our behavior in our attitudes in our thinking in our speaking You know in our thoughts in our understanding We are not childish, you know to be childish is when when can we be childish when we are more carnal in our carnal in nature, okay So when we're carnal in nature, we can be more Childish we can behave childish childish behavior also here Can mean here when paul is writing to the church at corrent first current in chapter three versus one to four He says Um in verse three. Can you read that for you are verse three First current in chapter three was three for you are still For where there are envy strife and divisions Among you are you not carnal and behaving like mere men mere men. Yes. So here Uh, it it shows that if you are not spiritually mature, then you are somebody who's more carnal in your nature And that is why when people are carnal there we find more envy stripe and Uh division, okay, the seventh one is spiritual maturity is having our whole body and tongue in control, okay, James chapter three verse two For we all stumble in many things if anyone does not stumble in word He's a perfect man able also to riddle the whole body Amen. So perfect here. What is a greek word used? Tilios, okay mature man perfect man, okay So in what area here is talking about spiritual maturity in which area can we show ourselves spiritually mature In the words that we speak when we're able to control our tongue and we know that self control is one of the Important and also the fruit of the spirit. Okay, and it's also a sign of maturity. Okay So, uh now spiritual maturity, does it just happen in a season? Does it happen in a period of time? What do you think? In a period of time, uh, you mean in a in a short frame of time or It's a process. Yes, it continues to work You know, it's not something that happens instantly not just for a season a period You know, but it's something that's a process even as we and how do we become more spiritual mature? How does the process happen When you're renewing our mind, how do you renew your mind with the word of god? Okay Submitting to the person in the work of the holy spirit yielding. Yes obedience to the holy spirit. What else? We also learn through life experiences, right? Yes, we learn through life experience So all of this constantly helps us in progressing in spiritual maturity. Okay Now the next one the last one which area do we Are we going to look at regarding? Kingdom lifestyle We looked at character Spiritual maturity. The last one is stewardship. Okay. What is the meaning of stewardship? What is stewardship?  Okay Good. What else? So as stewardship Stewardship is not ownership. Okay To properly handle what has been entrusted to you. Okay. Good. Okay. Uh, what are we stewards of in the kingdom of god? What are we stewards of in the kingdom of god? The spiritual gifts. Yes People that have been entrusted to us The authority that god has given to us. Yes Good What else The word of god Yes, that's very important. Right. Yes. So, uh, what do we mean by stewardship? Now the greek word for steward is um comes from two root words Oikos means house and nomos means a law. Okay So stewardship the greek word is oikonomos or oikonomia Okay, which means managing a household or it's basically administering a household Okay, so you're basically a manager who's managing an estate or home, you know, uh, managing everything that is Has been entrusted to you. Okay. So a steward is basically, um, manager Somebody who's a caretaker of a house an estate property building whatever an overseer Okay, somebody who's put in charge of somebody else's Property somebody else is taking care of somebody else's good. They feel the goods their feels, uh, you know, uh, and their, um Their property basically, okay, and also it is something someone who is responsible for somebody else's Property somebody else's goods or somebody else's things. Okay Now, like we said, we are stewards of the gospel The mysteries of god the grace of god that has been given to us. Okay So as stewards in uh, are we stewards in the kingdom of god? Why do we call ourselves as stewards of the kingdom of god? They're basically sons and daughters, right? We're also hairs co hairs with jesus christ. Why are we calling ourselves as stewards? Yeah, we are here to take care of gods kingdom. Okay.  Okay So as stewards, what must we ensure doing as towards what should we ensure that we Do or make sure that we do and what are the characteristics of a good Steward, okay, so, uh, uh, a good steward ensures proper Functioning that everything is in order. Everything goes well. Everything is nothing is beyond the reproach. Okay And a good steward also ensures or make sure that there is profit Right, not just taking care of the property and not getting any benefit, you know Any profit or any fruit from the estate or the property? Okay, so he should ensure that there's fruitful work that is Done. Okay, but that's taking care of the property and looking after it in a need In a good way or also ensuring that there is a good harvest a good reaping a good fruit that that is Is uh required. Okay Also, we need to see that if and a man a steward should also assess to find out if You know, there is fruit if there's productivity if there is no fruit. There's no productivity What do we do as stewards? Yes, we try some other strategies methods. What else? We make some changes to ensure that there is Uh, some kind of productivity some good fruit that is bone a good steward also ensures Accountability, right? Who are we accountable to? Huh to god, right? You remember what joseph tells potifers wife, you know, he uh, he's made me In charge of his entire household. So how can I do this against him and against god? So we are Stewards and we are accountable to god and also accountable to the government that god has placed in our life Okay, uh, the authority that god has placed in our life And then we need to carry out kingdom work with this deep sense of accountability So even when nobody is watching who's watching you God that is very very important if you lose foresight of that nothing can Keep us in ministry. Nothing can humble us. Nothing can, um, you know, um Uh, stop us from falling into sin and breaking god's heart and grieving the spirit of god if we Don't have this in our in our mind that hey god is watching I'm accountable to god ultimately not just do it because the person is watching But I do it because I'm accountable to god, okay So a good steward is not somebody who wastes Or is unproductive, but is somebody who's uh, you know productive in what has been entrusted to them Managing things very very well a good steward also ensures Security a good steward actually guards and protects. So what do we guard and protect in the kingdom of god? His word his revelation The truths Everything he's given us. Okay guard our minds No guard our whole our guard our salvation Right, we need to guard our salvation with fear and trembling, you know and also that we um Guard and protect what is entrusted to us people guard and protect them from False doctrines false teachings. Okay, also a good steward ensures continuity That means make sure that when he's not there the work is not just left Somebody else is there and is able to manage and continue the work or being a good steward Okay, so if you are running a ministry or a church, you know, sometimes we think it's all about IME myself I don't want anyone to be in my position. But what if suddenly we die, you know Did we have somebody or train somebody who can continue the work after us or is the work going to fall? That is very very important. So good steward ensures continuity, okay Now let's look at the two parables one in Luke chapter 12 and the other in Luke chapter 16 Okay, a good steward is faithful and Vice, okay, so here we see that um, you know, um in Luke chapter 12 versus 21 to 48 Peter is asking Jesus about the parable and he's asking him to Explain he says who then is a faithful and wise Steward that his master will make him ruler over his entire household Okay, so who is a faithful and a wise steward Somebody who is able to manage what has been entrusted to them and bring about productivity or multiplication or Growth and when the person is able to do that What will the person receive? reward, what is a reward? ah, the master will make him ruler over His household and give him many more responsibilities. There will be promotion And there'll be a greater level of stewardship.  Can somebody read that please And that servant who knew his master's will and did not prepare himself or do according to his will Shall be beaten with many stripes. Yes So here is a servant who knew his master's will but did not prepare himself or do according to his Well, so it's important who's a wise and faithful steward steward one who does also what his master wills, okay and Let's look at the unjust steward. Okay, and unjust steward in loop chapter 16 so here, you know rich man He here is that one of his steward is wasting his goods and he calls him And asks him to give an account of his Stewardship and so he realizes that the steward realizes that he's soon going to be thrown out Okay, so what does he do? He goes to the all the debtors who owe this rich man Money or goods or whatever and he tells them to reduce their debts Why does he do that? Why does he do that? He can take the money later So that he becomes friends with them. He has favor with them So when he loses this job at least somebody else will have mercy on him and give him a job or help him out Okay So here we see that Jesus is commending this steward saying, you know, he's actually in one way praising him for Even though he's done something wrong. He's praising him because he's somebody who's using Foresight and thoughtfulness that means he's using foresight and being very thoughtful about his future Okay, but even though Jesus was commending him praising him for what he has done or plotting him for what he's done But yet Jesus says that he is an unjust or a steward or a crooked manager. He's not approving of his His work or what he has done.  Okay, so what is basically Jesus teaching us here? What is basically Jesus teaching us here? Huh That the people in this world use a lot of they're very clever. They're very strategic in their thinking Okay, and uh in that dealing with the worldly Affairs and so he's saying, you know as spiritual minded people as followers of the light We do have to be, you know, we do have to be prudent. We do have to be wise We do have to be clever in the way and strategic in the way that we are going about building gods kingdom We cannot just be naive and childish, but we need to be prudent We need to be smart. We need to be wise not in the wrong way Okay, uh in the right way, but you know, Jesus using this parable basically to encourage us to be wise and prudent In handling the spiritual affairs or spiritual matters when okay, so in uh, when we build god's kingdom We think we don't need strategy. We don't need prudence. We don't need wisdom Sharpness smartness, you know, we just go as the leading of the holy spirit Or we just do what you know, we feel is the norm and what everybody has been doing No, we need some good strategies. We need to be smart and clever But in the spirit in the spiritual sense, okay So that we can do what has been entrusted to us in um, you know In handling the spiritual affairs well wisely smartly and prudently Okay, so that is what jesus is trying to tell us in this the sun. So that is why he says A steward is faithful and wise. Okay um So a steward is faithful and wise is also faithful in Some things that we can learn from this parable in luke chapter 16 A steward is should be faithful in little things when they're faithful in little things More will be entrusted to us, but sometimes, you know, we think that oh, it's just a small responsibility I'll do it or we can take a casual approach. We can say It's okay, you know, something we'll do But if you're given a big responsibility, then, you know, we want to really You know pull ourselves up But even when we're given small responsibility, which is really, you know, not really big and showcasing ourselves You know, we need to take do that with care and diligence and wisely and sincerely and faithfully Okay, a good steward is also faithful in handling Money, okay, you're in this parable. Uh, you know, it talks about handling money It talks about the unrighteous mammon. Okay But even if it's mammon is basically wealth or riches or money Even as wealth and riches and money is unrighteous means it leads us away from god It brings in greed and it brings in pride and takes us away from god But yet, you know, god is paying a he's saying that, you know We we need to be good stewards of the money that he has entrusted to us Okay So it's interesting that jesus is stating that we need to properly handle the money when we properly handle the money The wealth the riches that he's entrusted to us, you know, we can be be entrusted with greater things in the Kingdom. Okay. Look at verse 11. What does it say? Can somebody read that verse 11? Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will who will commit your trust the true riches Yes, if you're not faithful in the wealth riches the money that god has given to us, you know You know, will god commit to us or trust to us the true riches the true wealth of his kingdom Okay, a good steward is faithful in what belongs to another man We've already seen that, you know, that qualifies us to be a good steward. Okay, so sometimes god can put us into other people's missions or You know into other people's ministry or church and Because it is not our own venture. It's not what god has entrusted to us. Sometimes we can be very very Careless, we can, you know, not Given our hundred percent be unfaithful not being good stewards not being making those sacrifices not being responsible Not looking for productivity and bearing fruit, you know And when we do that, you know, god, we do not qualify for god to entrust us with our Own so what qualifies to end for god to entrust us with the own Or his own plans and purposes for our lives is when we are faithful In what has been entrusted to us or when we are faithful in other people's You know business or other people's ministry or other people's church. Okay, so that is about Stewardship and these are some of the few things that we learn from this parable in Luke chapter 16 any questions on this chapter So we move on to chapter six any questions Online students always very quiet No interaction Can we have some interaction? Please any questions anyone as anyone of you have Yes, pastor. So about when you said about being smart And so being led by the spirit. So the world has so many strategies that they have And they do it for their own achievement And for their own growth and not seeing the welfare or the betterment of others pastor, but then when you said about that We should also be smart. So Can I have more clarity on that pastors because Whatever like, I mean, this is my personal thing. Whenever I see the world, they're like more of themselves What they do is about their dream their desires and then they bring in sometimes even Believe what I've seen they bring in the scripture to achieve their own purpose but as Stewards and what God has interested us with so we have the word then we have the Holy Spirit. So Where is the balance pastor? Like how can we Balance this and Be more smart at the same time go in line with the will of God and under the Holy Spirit's submission Thank you, jack in for the question. So here we're talking about smartness wisdom prudence in handling Spiritual affairs well, so when we talk about that we're talking in the framework of Being kingdom citizens. So we're talking in the framework of kingdom culture kingdom values kingdom principles And kingdom lifestyle and so where do we get our kingdom principles values and lifestyle from the word of God so When we're talking about being smart is you know, using smart strategies to share the gospel To so even in the in our context, you know, uh, We have this anti-conversion bill the law that has been passed So for catalyst I'm talking because I'm part of catalyst and you know school outreach ministry We basically had written a curriculum and it was full scripture based Okay, first part of the the son is who Jesus is second one is sin and salvation right attitudes wrong attitudes And everything is scripture based everything is stories from the bible So we realize that after pandemic when schools opened We want to again start catalyst in schools because the school outreach ministry We realize that we can't go with the same curriculum. Nobody is going to take the curriculum So we we can't just be we can't go and say, okay, let's just do it in some Christian schools where they will take us Even some Christian schools were not willing to take us Because of the fear of what the repercussions can be So we had to be smart enough. So what is the strategy that we can use? We have the potential to reach out to students. We have to reach out to children in schools How can we reach out? So we suddenly we came up with the idea of You know writing a separate curriculum where it is basically You know value education So nowadays values is very important because after pandemic children's Values have really gone to a very different level, you know So the teachers are finding it difficult schools are finding it's an and they're welcome to value education and you know Life skills so we use that but we we told them it's based on biblical principles And they said you shouldn't use Jesus's name and all that's fine But we're using biblical principles and we also tell them we are using bible stories They said no, you can't use bible stories So we said see some of the parables like the parable of the lost sun is also given in moral science books Okay, so we're just going to use basic stories And so that is how we were able to get inroads into the school So how do we how do we do that? Of course we had the holy spirits You know guiding us giving us to wisdom the strategy. What is the curriculum to use and we had to use We had to be smart. We can't just say okay. They're not using We can't use structure curriculum. So shut down catalysts. We can't go and minister in schools You know So be smart enough to break come up with different strategies so that we can reach out and build gods kingdom and not be like the world where we're doing it just because You know, we want to Get money out of catalyst. No, we don't charge anything from the schools We don't want to build an empire out of catalyst. That's not what we just want to extend God's kingdom and we're not doing it Just because we want a project to be known and for name and faith No, we want to build God's kingdom. Did that help jack in? Yes, first. It was very clear because you explained practical approach how we did. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you jack in Uh, so yes leader says that some Some minister of god tells god has given me these people and I should protect my sheep It's faithfulness. But on the other hand, they are so insecure to give them an opportunity So how can they be faithful to what god gave them? Because we have to nurture people and in our walk We need to nurture people and in our walk in his kingdom. We face these kind of challenges. Yes. Good question. See rather so the next Lesson chapter six is basically talking about building people in the spirit So we will look at various things and I or we have also spoken and thought about this in Your first year when we minister's foundation basically when we did the chapter people in Code of honor, okay the the publication code of honor And most of what we studied in code of honor is here in chapter six building people by the spirit So we look at this chapter and at the end of the chapter if you still have your Questions and your queries Not answered then you can raise it up and I will answer it. Is that fine three rather Okay, thank you So good questions anyone else has any questions any doubts Okay, if not, we'll move on to chapter six. Okay Building people by the spirit. Okay. Now kingdom building. What is it about? Is it building? organizations ministries churches Building buildings for people to meet as churches. What is kingdom building? kingdom building is Building people. Okay. So when we're actually building ministries. We're building churches. We're actually building people and how do we build people? Not by what Not we how we feel Not what we want How god wants, okay How he's purposed it to be what he envisions how he wills and also by the spirit, okay So we look at kingdom building is all about building people and building them by the spirit most of what we have Is written here is a repetition from the chapter people I think it's the third chapter in code of honor and we already studied that quite in detail But I understand that some of them have taken this course newly And they were not there in the first year. Some of them online students e-learning students. So we'll go through it Um In you know, we look we look at this lesson. Okay. So here we see that kingdom building is all about People, okay. So look at what paul says in first corentines chapter three worse in nine. He says yeah, read it Okay for we are god's fellow workers.  You are god's building Yes, so he says we are Co-workers with god in building his kingdom and who does he say is god's field and god's building The people right, okay, so that is very clear, okay And look at what he says in first corentines chapter nine worse one I am I not an apostle. I am I not free Have I not seen Jesus Christ of a lot? Are you not my work in the lord?  What is the fruit of my work and my labor Who is the food of my work and labor paul says people are you not? The fruit of my work and my labor, you know So paul could have actually pointed out the many missionary journeys To the many books he had letters he had written To the many people that he had mentored leaders He had raised the churches that he had established, but who does he point has his work in the lord? He points to people. He's got that really right. Okay, so He even says in efficiency up to two was 22 He says in whom you're also being built together for a dwelling place of god In the spirit. Okay, so we see here that god is not constructing Buildings or he's not just developing organizations, but it's all about building People so even when jesus came he did not come for you know, he did not come to raise a Army, you know to fight or to be as a king to be served He did not come to be enthroned in a position, but he Day by day on a daily basis. He was there out in the marketplace is ministering to people, okay, so God's people are his dwelling Place and they are being built to Gather look at what first peter chapter 2 verse 5 says he says that you know He's talking about a spiritual house and who is he referring to as living stones The people okay people are the living stones who are being built up into a spiritual house So sometimes, you know, we can get carried away in In the kingdom of god and building the kingdom of god in thinking that you know, we are building great big churches And organizations and great ministries, you know, where there's of name and fame is, you know, throughout the world But in the process we fail to realize that we are actually here to build People not to build a name of fame and empire You know or a kingdom in its kingdom within a kingdom sometimes they're building kingdoms within god's kingdom, right?  Okay, and kingdom building is about building people you know And then kingdom building is you know, when we can build people in an effective way when we have them in our Hearts, okay That is very very important because when we have them in our hearts We can we have the authority by god to speak into their hearts, you know Sometimes we are so caught up to build up a big organization a big ministry Becomes very famous a big church where our name is known where we're using the latest Technology and all of those things all of those things are very important Yes, we must be smart and wise and you know use all of these strategies But if we fail to build people then we will see that people in our churches are actually Going away from god. We don't see the glory of god manifested in our churches in our organization We don't see the work of god. We don't see the move of god and then we wonder why because we're there actually to build a Kingdom or an empire But we are not there to build people and you know, we don't have in our hearts to actually minister to people in our heart is to You know bring about fame and position and power and make our organization or our church famous That becomes a core motives of our heart and god sees our heart motives more than you know What we do So if our heart motive is People that we want to build people you want to invest and speak into their lives Then god will give us the authority and so when we speak, you know, whatever we speak will Build them up in their hearts and in their lives. Okay. We'll stop now and we'll continue after the break. Thank you