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Advent and the Most Pernicious Program of All

December 20, 2011

Here’s the third post in my Advent and Star Trek series where we actually get to the advent part! This was originally posted on December, 3, 2011 ————————— So have you ever thought of Star Trek’s “Borg” and Advent in the same thought and discussion?  Probably not.  But here it goes.  Of course context helps [...]

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Is God Free to Oppose Your Leadership?

March 28, 2011

Have You Ever Thought God Might Be Against You? Have You Considered That Depending On A Decision or Action You Make, He Might Oppose You? The leadership learning group I’ve been facilitating has been focusing lately on themes of power and leadership and one of the resources we’ve been engaging over is Walter Brueggemann’s The [...]

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Do Your Words Heal Lightly or Deeply?

November 4, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a good “Prophets vs. Posers” quote. I was re-reading a book I read before I started blogging a few years ago and wanted to submit this quote for your reflection, “Throughout these events [anxiety times] God sends prophets to open the people’s eyes and to expand their horizon.  [...]

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Leadership Coaching Group Update

September 30, 2010

You can see a longer summary of the coaching group I’m working to start up in November here. Now that we’re going into October, I wanted to send another update and add a couple thoughts that might help you if you’re on the fence.I was talking to someone recently about some of what I was [...]

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Satire on Abuse of Authority

August 4, 2010

Just for the record, I don’t typically post cartoons just because I think they’re funny.  Although I would feel the freedom to do that too.I include things that relate to some of the themes of this blog and Dilbert frequently illustrates many of my favorite themes – leadership ethics, systems dynamics, and other things.  The [...]

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My Top “Systems” Movies

September 6, 2009

If you read my blog with any frequency you know that a main theme of my reflections is where congregational/family systems theory and spiritual leadership intersect. Since I began pursuing this realm of study and inquiry about five years ago, there have been several movies that embody many of the key concepts of systems theory.  [...]

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The Authentic Prophets

August 29, 2009
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Prophets or Posers

As I mentioned in my wrap-up a few days ago in the finale of my series of posts entitled “Prophets vs. Posers”, I am shifting from exploring what prophets are not and move towards providing some thoughts (mine or others much smarter than me) about what makes for really authentic prophet – even in the [...]

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Prophets or Posers? Fallacy #6

August 24, 2009
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Prophets or Posers

After a long hiatus, I’m finally getting back to the “prophets or posers” series.  Because it’s been awhile I’ll share the first five prophetic fallacies with the links to their posts, followed by the sixth prophetic fallacy. Part 1: “I must have God on my side if those I disagree with are turning against me [...]

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Prophets or Posers? Fallacy #1

July 3, 2009
This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Prophets or Posers

I’m a little slow getting going on this, but I’m going to present a series of logical fallacies that present themselves in the mind of someone who is seeking to justify their position as the source of true divine light and revelation in community. Of course, some of this applies in any basic human relationship [...]

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