Archives for 2004

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I’m working through Edwin Friedman’s posthumously published “A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix.” Friedman offers four similarities in the thinking and functioning of America’s families and institutions that he observed and believed to be at the heart of the problem of contemporary America’s orientation toward leadership: 1. A regressive […]

We’re having a bonus room over our garage finished into an office for me (Project Codename: Wade’s Domain). My contractor left behind some sheetrock scraps that I need to throw away. I loaded them in my pick-up several days ago and still haven’t taken the time to dump them. I may not get in any […]

From Sojourners

From Peterson’s “Under the Unpredictable Plant:” Mess is the precondition of creativity. The “tohu v’bohu” of Genesis 1:2. Chaos. Creativity is not neat. It is not orderly. When we are being creative we don’t know what is going to happen next. When we are being creative a great deal of what we do is wrong. […]

Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked:An Interview with Tony Campolo It’s a common perception that evangelical Christians are conservative on issues like gay marriage, Islam, and womens roles. Is this the case? Well, there’s a difference between evangelical and being a part of the Religious Right. A significant proportion of the evangelical community is part of […]

Take a look at Ten Paradigm Shifts for Community Transformation. (pdf)

via Daryl Dash Speaking from my limited view I feel like so much of the problem with pastors is they are just scared to death. They’re scared of their people, they’re scared of deacons, they’re scared, they’re scared, they’re scared. You know if you’re scared of someone you can’t lead them; you can hardly even […]

I’m reading Eugene Peterson’s book on Jonah, Under the Unpredictable Plant. I always like reading Peterson. He says what I need to hear. Not necessarily what I want to hear or like to hear, but definitely what I need. He pushes and prods me away from a solely “professional” view of ministry that is so […]