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

Good and Evil: History on Repeat

By: on March 14, 2024

Introduction This week I enjoyed frequent reading interval sessions using both audio and ebook formats of Nigel Biggar’s, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Biggar’s treatment of history is both humble and enlightening, presenting a balanced perspective on the complex issues of empires, colonialism, and morality that feels both honest and reflective. By acknowledging his faith upfront,…

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By Our Wounds We Are Healed

By: on March 14, 2024

“I’ve watched my dreams all fade away And blister in the sun Everything I’ve ever had is unraveled and undone I’ve set upon a worthless stack Of my ambitious plans And the people that I’ve loved the most Have turned their backs and ran This is the good life I’ve lost everything I could ever…

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The Inner Life Of A Leader And My NPO

By: on March 13, 2024

In Leading Out of Who You Are, Simon Walker locates the development and response of the ego in how we experience trust in our most formative years.[1] Our experience of trust manifests in one of four ego types, all of which are unhealthy and require defending.[2]  Thus the defended leader is always working out of…

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A leader’s bias comment leads to CAREfronting…

By: on March 13, 2024

Two months ago, we sold our washer and dryer online and I watched as the customer backed into our driveway. When he stopped, I walked outside to greet him. I waved hello and the first words out of his mouth were, “Do you live here?” Honestly, I thought that was a foolish question. After a…

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Biggar’s Colonialism: A Call to Nuance and Critique

By: on March 13, 2024

“Was British liberal imperialism, given the extent of the damage it inflicted over generations, a more malevolent influence on world history than even Nazi Fascism?” This question is, according to Sunil Khilnani, indirectly implied in Caroline Elkins’s book Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag. Khilnani, in reviewing Elkins’s book in The New Yorker,…

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The Power of Undefended Leadership

By: on March 13, 2024

“In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to find myself I must go out of myself, and in order to live, I must die.” — Thomas Merton[1] The concept of undefended leadership is new to me. I appreciated how Simon Walker,…

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I Took the Curtain Down

By: on March 13, 2024

For the first few weeks of living in a village house along the coast of Kenya we did not have any curtains on our windows. We were like fish in a fishbowl with everyone looking in. Though we always had an audience watching us, not having curtains allowed for the breeze to provide a little…

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Confessions of a Drama Mama

By: on March 13, 2024

I was a drama mama.  For five years, during our daughter’s first year in high school, and all four of our younger son’s years, I was backstage for the two major productions each year. I confess that I was at least partly living out my own unrealized teenage dreams of being in a play, experiencing…

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Thinking Under the Influence (TUI)

By: on March 13, 2024

“The man’s words to me are not offered but flung:         ‘So, what are you? I mean, where are you from?’         I say, ‘New York.’         ‘But your name is Carlos–where are you really from?         ‘I say, ‘New York.’         ‘Bueno, yo soy Latino-mi padre es Colombiano,         Mi madre es Estadounidense, nació en New York City,         I lived in 4…

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Reflections: Stereotype Threat and Unconscious Bias

By: on March 13, 2024

Reading Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Dr. Pragya Agarwal, is a reflective process. It’s uncomfortable discussing bias due to my intersecting identities as a Caucasian American woman. I’m feeling awkward acknowledging the unconscious bias I experience as a female and as a former expatriate, while simultaneously feeling regretful of my unintentional biases. I’m painfully aware…

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What Will I Pack? (Apa Yang Akan Saya Bungkus?)

By: on March 12, 2024

“Prove it through the alignment between your words and your actions. Prove it by standing up for what’s right. Prove it through measurable tangible signs of progress. Prove it through your own experience. Prove it through your phenomenal successes. Prove it through your glorious failures. And prove it all on these three levels: Prove it…

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It’s a matter of trust

By: on March 12, 2024

Throughout this semester we have been looking at leadership from the different lenses of selected authors. This week Simon Walker brings the Undefended Leader to our attention in his book Leading Out of Who You Are, Discovering the Secret of Undefended Leadership. Essentially, the undefended leader is someone who leads out of who they are…

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Bullying age 12 and the defended leader

By: on March 12, 2024

When I was 12, I started High School in Australia. My Father was the pastor of the local Pentecostal Church, and the opening of the magnificent new church premises[1] coincided with my first weeks in a new school. The new church was the talk of the small town. It was front-page news and seemingly the…

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Native American Genocide

By: on March 11, 2024

Introduction This week’s book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar, partly argued that the British Empire and its colonies never intended to cause harm. In fact, their intentions were primarily good. [1]  In addition to the book, I viewed an interview with this author. He delineated four areas in which the British “got it…

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Leading as a parent

By: on March 11, 2024

  Twenty-three years ago, my wife and I were given a leadership goal, and this goal was repeated three times, successfully raise this child to adulthood.  As the Venn diagram shows, everyone in the family can agree upon the same goal.  For us as parents (leaders) that goal gives us a vision for how we…

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On keeping my own side of the street clean

By: on March 11, 2024

There’s a person I get to occasionally do work with who thinks that they are right about almost everything. This otherwise smart, reasonable, capable, and pleasant to be with human being simply can’t back down when their perspective is being challenged. As I’ve considered the reason this may be the case, I believe it’s a…

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Cognitive Bias and the Gospel

By: on March 11, 2024

Three days ago, I picked up Sway by Pragya Agarwal.[1] I began reading, and by page 35 I knew what I wanted to write my blog post about. Because I want to keep you in suspense, I’ll come to that in a minute. After the first chapter, I intended to continue with an inspectional read,…

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A Preferential Option

By: on March 11, 2024

In Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias,[1] Pragya Agarwal paints a picture for us of how we are programed to make judgments about others based on how we have been conditioned within our own context.[2] Agarwal asserts that we all have these biases. No one is immune.[3]  Much as we learned in RARE leadership,[4] Agarwal encourages that…

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They Are Precious in His Sight

By: on March 11, 2024

I came into this blog post knowing that I wanted to title it:  “Red and Yellow, Black and White.” If you grew up in the church, or for that matter, didn’t have your head buried in the sand for the entirety of your human existence, you would have [most likely] heard, or at least heard…

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The defining ego

By: on March 11, 2024

Earlier in my career, I worked for a logistics company as the director of operations. We were responsible for moving expedited international and domestic cargo, with on-call service 24/7, including holidays. This line of work was exciting for people who enjoy problem solving. There was always a thrill when trying to find a solution to…

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