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Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives: Crafting Ministry in an Interconnected World

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Honoring a Voice

By: on April 10, 2025

The Cold War had tentacles far beyond the governmental structure of two superpower countries. Following its outbreak in the late 1940s, this unconventional war was marked by a series of pivotal events that had a global impact. There was the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in the spring of 1972 and President Ronald Reagan’s…

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The Myth of Green Grass

By: on April 10, 2025

This might have been the hardest book yet for me to digest in this program. In his YouTube videos, Jordan Peterson is like the energizer bunny who just keeps going. How is it possible for him to captivate an audience for so long? His book, Maps of Meaning, is so dense that even ChatGPT when…

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The Hero’s Journey as a Path to Meaning

By: on April 10, 2025

The story of Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewie captivated me as a child. Back when the only way to rewatch a movie was to return to the theater, I saw each of the original Star Wars films three times. I was especially drawn to Luke’s story—how he grew up quickly, faced his deepest fears with…

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Order, Chaos, and the Hero’s Journey

By: on April 10, 2025

During the March 31st Zoom chat, Dr. Clark introduced us to Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a cognitive hierarchy that begins with memorization and sequentially advances through six steps toward creating something new based on what has been previously learned.[1] I will summarize Jordan Peterson’s Maps of Meaning using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Remembering: recognizing and recalling…

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How Leadership Sounds in my Church

By: on April 10, 2025

When I started at my current church, we had just come off the mission field and were unsure of what was next for us. We stayed with my wife’s parents for a few months and attended Sarah’s home church. I became co-pastor with Sarah’s dad on September 1, 2019. He was the retired county attorney…

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Taking Responsibility in a Blaming Culture

By: on April 10, 2025

The issue of taking responsibility seems central to the development of a functional society and yet seems to be one that can cause confusion, anger and indignation. Walker asserts that ‘the only proper goal of leadership is this: to enable people to take responsibility.’[1] Yet the general population globally seem to be determined to fight…

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Symphony

By: on April 9, 2025

Mission Bells The Sound of Leadership by Jules Glanzer cleverly uses the language of music to give audible sound to Leadership.  I appreciate the use of a different sense then sight to understand a concept.  Words like harmony and frequency are ones that span several fields that they can be applied to, making a great…

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Narratives Encode Psychological Truths

By: on April 9, 2025

Officially, Dr. Jordan Peterson is a psychologist, author, podcaster, online educator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Unofficially, fans consider Peterson one of the greatest modern philosophers, although others would disagree, saying he has never claimed to be a philosopher. [1] Regardless, many would agree that Jordan Peterson is one of the most…

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Becoming the Tension

By: on April 9, 2025

When I first started reading Maps of Meaning, The Architecture of Belief by Dr. Jordan Peterson, I was overwhelmed with the density of the book. It was difficult to see where one topic ended and another began. I knew this book would require more than a quick read and I am glad that my decision…

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The Fragmentation of Everything

By: on April 9, 2025

I was smitten after reading excerpts from both Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan’s book as well as Jonathan Haidt’s journal articles on the impact of Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and the collective impact of these two cataclysmic technologies on our modern societies. This particular statement gave me much pause and elicited some of my own…

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Jubal Created Music. Tubal-cain Made Tools.

By: on April 9, 2025

This week, I read The Sound of Leadership by Jules Glanzer.[1] The book draws primarily from his experiences as a pastor, seminary dean, and Christian college president rather than from studies or external sources. He uses a musical theme to describe the elements of leadership, calling many voices into “a harmonious sound of imagining and…

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Called into Chaos

By: on April 9, 2025

I walked into the doctor’s office. A crowd of people was swarming the reception desk. I tried to stand in line, but people kept crowding around me. I tried to keep my place in line, but it was hard. In situations like this, when I am frustrated by the apparent chaos and disorder surrounding me,…

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I Have No Idea What He Just Said…

By: on April 9, 2025

During Dr. Jordan Peterson’s recent U.S. tour, he stopped in Oklahoma. Several people I know bought tickets to attend. After it ended, I heard them say, “I have no idea what he just said, but he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about.” Jordan Peterson’s books and podcasts are indeed tough to follow, and…

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Hope is Found in the Unseen

By: on April 8, 2025

In a letter to his father, Jordan Peterson describes the book he was writing—later published as Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief—as “an attempt to explain the psychological significance of history—to explain the meaning of history.”[1] He elaborates on the core discoveries behind his work: most cultures record history mythologically, focusing on the psychological…

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A Somewhat Precarious Hero

By: on April 8, 2025

I think we have all dabbled with the notion of heroism. What is a hero? How does one become one? I know for me, it has been a rather confusing subject for consideration. To be honest, when I look at definitions of a hero, I walk away feeling like a certain part of the author…

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The L Word

By: on April 8, 2025

Loud-ership A quick search of Amazon reveals over 60,000 results for items matching the search term “leadership,” and that’s after filtering to only books. [1] University programs advertise programs or intensives dedicated to the topic. Leadership curriculum is even tailor-made for elementary school students. [2] Parents are promised that this or that extracurricular activity will…

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The Mystery and the Revelation

By: on April 8, 2025

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”[1] I have heard of Peterson and watched soundbites of him interviewed and interacting with others, but never sat down and read through some of his…

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Jesus is an Anomaly!

By: on April 7, 2025

Last spring we read The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.  In this book, Campbell presents the idea of the monomyth, when examined the myths of different cultures are all essentially the same including the multi-stage journey that every hero takes.[1]  Another book read was Matthew Petrusek’s Evangelization and Ideology.   Petrusek discusses the…

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