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

Chaos, Order, and Maps

By: on April 10, 2025

Trying to read this week’s expansive book, grasping the concepts and topics, and then bringing life application to it all-was a week of chaos. Writing this blog attempts to bring order to it. Order and chaos is the tension of this week’s text: In Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, Jordan Peterson introduces a…

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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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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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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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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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Parasitic Shortcuts

By: on April 3, 2025

In the film Inception, Dom Cobb warns, “What is the most resilient parasite?… An idea. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it’s almost impossible to eradicate.” The film explores how hidden thoughts shape reality, often without people realizing it. This premise mirrors a real-world truth: Much of our thinking is shaped by…

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With whom do I want to conform?

By: on April 3, 2025

Sway, Unravelling unconscious bias, by behavioral scientist, Dr. Pragya Agarwal, brings awareness to biases that exist and the discriminatory behavior that results from them. Specifically, she wanted to know why unconscious biases occur and how they are manifested within individuals[1]. Many implicit biases are based on who is part of the in-group and out-group. Using…

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Who is Bias? Not Me

By: on April 3, 2025

It was early on a Sunday morning. I was arriving at church, and upon entering, I greeted several of our leaders in the sanctuary who were preparing for worship. I was approached by a couple who had recently joined our congregation. They were prominent members in our community. The husband a public figure whose status…

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Doctor or Film Star?

By: on April 3, 2025

I am putting all my cards up front. Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Pragya Agarwal was a depressing read for me. Dr. Agarwal is a behavioral and data scientist who writes and speaks about the impacts of unconscious bias in numerous arenas and specializes in gender. Although the book covered other topics, I chose to…

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Third Spaces to Combat Bias

By: on April 3, 2025

“We need one person in your table group to facilitate the conversation and one person to take notes,” instructed the leader of a working group. I sat at a table of a dozen men as the only female, and several eyes came towards me. Finally, one of them said, “Christy, do you mind taking notes…

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Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak

By: on April 3, 2025

“The woman at the bank would not let us make the transaction because she was Arab. The lady who usually works at the bank is black and always permits me to complete this transaction.” Sadly, in my host country, there is often open discord and discrimination between light-skinned Arabs and dark-skinned African ethnicities. In an…

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