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January 2008
JanuaryJan 27 Sunday 08
Organic Community: Creating a place where people naturally connect [1]
Joseph Myers argues organic order leads to sustainability in his book Organic Community. The premise of the book is "creating a place where people naturally connect." Myers argues that organic community creates these spaces better than master planning. He compellingly …
Static: Tune out the "Christian noise" and experience the real message of Jesus
Ron Martoia's Static supplements what Kinnaman writes about in unChristian. Kinnaman addressed six issues of the Christian faith, one of them being too sheltered. Martoia addresses the sheltered/exclusiveness issue through what he calls static.
JanuaryJan 21 Monday 08
Leaders Who Engage Risk
Leaders take risks: not because they want to but because they must. As leaders, we often find ourselves in uncharted territory due to the natural process of change. Unexpected obstacles will cause us to take unexpected paths and then we must have the ability to give …
JanuaryJan 12 Saturday 08
The Process of Influence
The field of sociology is very dynamic in that no one paradigm explains all sociological phenomena. Leadership is no different. New paradigms are constantly being formed because both of these fields are dynamic. Leadership is a dynamic process of influence. Leaders …
JanuaryJan 10 Thursday 08
Dimensional Leadership Thoughts
Current trends in the academic study of leadership suggest that there are three leadership base elements consisting of leaders, followers and situation. As an emerging leader I am striving to develop my knowledge of these three areas so that I become a three …