{"id":33869,"date":"2023-11-02T22:09:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T05:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=33869"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:03:25","slug":"five-words-like-the-chromatic-scale-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/five-words-like-the-chromatic-scale-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Words, Like the Chromatic Scale in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cListen. See. Learn. Do. Love. Five words, like the chromatic scale in music, are the leadership notes upon which all God-honoring, kingdom-seeking, biblically rooted leadership activity is built. The sound of leadership repeatedly plays these tones, creating a song for all to enjoy.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sound of Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jules Glanzer, in his book, <em>The Sound of Leadership: Kingdom Notes to Fine Tune Your Life and Influence<\/em>, describes everyday leadership through the terms of music and song. He describes the essence of leadership as an \u201cinfluence that equips and inspires a group of people to go to a place they either could not or would not go by themselves.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> He emphasizes the importance of listening to others and the voice of God, ending his book with a personal story of transformation during the Covid-19 pandemic and this final challenge: \u201cMay our ears hear God\u2019s voice and honor his call to influence his world to be all he intended it to be.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was especially intrigued with Glanzer\u2019s thoughts on entrepreneurship. He notes that what is most tangible and visible to the people we are called to lead is our \u201cservice mentality and our entrepreneurial spirit\u2026 getting our hands and feet dirty while practicing creativity and innovation.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> Quoting an unknown author, Glanzer offers this inspiring thought: \u201cI create. I take risks. I live my passion. I am an entrepreneur.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This description of entrepreneurship made me think of our DLGP cohorts, groups one through three, courageously and creatively innovating and implementing our NPO projects in service to God and with and for the people around us. Especially for those of us in our third year, we have pursued Glanzer\u2019s notes of leadership<em>: listening, seeing, and learning<\/em>, and are now adding the process of <em>doing<\/em>. And doing so with <em>love<\/em>. Glanzer\u2019s \u201cleadership notes\u201d have caused me to reflect upon my process of observing, listening, and creating as I seek to hear God and follow his lead with my NPO project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consilience: Overlaying the Sound of Leadership with my NPO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In listening to the voices of my community and in asking God for guidance, I have noticed the emergence of several themes around human health, challenges of the local church, and the emergence of research highlighting the benefits of nature on human wellness. I have also noted the unique spiritual and physical contexts of the Pacific Northwest. My project brings together these themes, offering people in local churches in the Pacific Northwest an opportunity to deepen their relationship with God and improve overall health through connecting with nature. Glanzer reminds me to maintain a single point of focus: love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen, See, Learn: Some Themes Observed<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>The cultural landscape in which our churches sit is changing rapidly, causing challenges and opportunities for ministry.<\/u> Over the past few years, research has reflected a rise in the number of \u201cnones\u201d and \u201cdones,\u201d those people who do not identity with any religion and those leaving \u201cestablished religions, most notably Christianity.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> In Oregon, Washington, and Montana over fifty percent of people indicate they are atheist, agnostic, or affiliated with no religion.<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a> In addition, with the rise of postmodernism, relativism, the denial of absolute truth, individual experience as truth, and subjectivism have gained traction and created dominant strategies for thinking and living in our world today.<a href=\"#_ftn8\" name=\"_ftnref8\">[8]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>The Covid-19 Pandemic has caused challenges and opportunities for local churches.<\/u> The Covid-19 Pandemic created a multitude of change for humans on a global level. The pandemic\u00a0\u201chas been described as a global x-ray, revealing what was hidden in our systems and relationships all along\u2026 an\u00a0<em>accelerated<\/em>x-ray, revealing and amplifying these hidden truths at an expedited pace.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn9\" name=\"_ftnref9\">[9]<\/a> Research suggested that up to one-third of churchgoers stopped attending church during the pandemic and the majority of churches are still below their pre-pandemic attendance.<a href=\"#_ftn10\" name=\"_ftnref10\">[10]<\/a> On the flip side, the pandemic has created an environment in which people are willing to try new routines and practices in their daily living.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Global tensions have increased feelings of instability and fear for many people in the world.<\/u> Many people are experiencing increased anxiety, due to the mental, physical, and social effects of the traumatic world events witnessed daily through media access and experienced first-hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Scientific findings confirm that human interaction with nature increases well-being.<\/u> Studies show that the natural environment can restore our bodies, rejuvenate our minds, boost our attention, and keep us healthier mentally and physically.<a href=\"#_ftn11\" name=\"_ftnref11\">[11]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Pacific Northwest churches sit firmly in a physical landscape rich with mountains, rivers, valleys, lakes, and ocean beaches<\/u>. Nature is accessible for most people in the state and a natural gift through which to understand God\u2019s love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Do: A Project Emerging <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to the themes above, I am designing a model that fits within the local church context and offers people an opportunity to deepen their relationship with God and improve overall health through movement and engagement with nature. \u00a0As somatic beings, it is through body, mind, and movement that we create meaning, worship the God who designed us, and engage God\u2019s creation.<a href=\"#_ftn12\" name=\"_ftnref12\">[12]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love: A Point of Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I pray that God\u2019s love will be woven in and through my project and that the end result will increase particpants\u2019 love for God and each other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay our ears hear God\u2019s voice and honor his call to influence his world to be all he intended it to be.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn13\" name=\"_ftnref13\">[13]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Jules Glanzer, <em>The Sound of Leadership: Kingdom Notes to Fine Tune Your Life and Influence<\/em> (Plano, TX: Invite Press, 2023), 7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Glanzer, xxv.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Glanzer, 128.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Glanzer, 122-123.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Glanzer, 123.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> Mike Moore, \u201cThe Rise of the \u2018Umms,\u201d <em>Christianity Today, <\/em>March 29, 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html\">https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> Ryan Burge, \u201cWhich States are the Least Religious? Which are the Most?\u201d <em>Graphs About Religion<\/em>, October 19, 2023, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/which-states-are-the-least-religious\">www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/which-states-are-the-least-religious<\/a>. This data comes from the Cooperative Election Study of 2022. It is interesting to note that across the country, more than thirty-five percent of people polled indicated they are non-religious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref8\" name=\"_ftn8\">[8]<\/a> Stephen R.C. Hicks, <em>Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault<\/em> (Redland Bay, QLD: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd, 2019), 14-15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref9\" name=\"_ftn9\">[9]<\/a> Moore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html\">https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref10\" name=\"_ftn10\">[10]<\/a> Moore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html\">https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/church-statistics-return-in-person-nones-dones-umms.html<\/a>. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-decline-in-church-attendance-in-covid-america\">study<\/a>\u00a0released in 2022 revealed that church attendance was down by 6 percent, from 34 percent in 2019 to 28 percent in 2021. Interestingly, a significant number of people who were active in their local churches before the pandemic have been described as the \u201cUmms,\u201d unsure of how to reengage with the church, having become disoriented, demotivated, discouraged, or disembodied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref11\" name=\"_ftn11\">[11]<\/a> Courtney Ackerman. \u201cWhat is Kaplan\u2019s Attention Restoration Theory (ART)?\u201d <em>Positive Psychology, <\/em>Nov. 13, 2018, 1-31. <a href=\"https:\/\/positivepsychology.com\/attention-restoration-theory\/\">https:\/\/positivepsychology.com\/attention-restoration-theory\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref12\" name=\"_ftn12\">[12]<\/a> James K. A. Smith in Clark, 219.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref13\" name=\"_ftn13\">[13]<\/a> Glanzer, 128.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cListen. See. Learn. Do. Love. Five words, like the chromatic scale in music, are the leadership notes upon which all God-honoring, kingdom-seeking, biblically rooted leadership activity is built. 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