{"id":35204,"date":"2024-01-25T04:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=35204"},"modified":"2024-01-25T04:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:28:24","slug":"%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-wars-and-rumors-of-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%aa-wars-and-rumors-of-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"\u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05ea – Wars and Rumors of Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05ea<\/strong> (pronounced: melchamot veshemuot melchamot) \u2013 Aramaic for Wars and rumors of wars.<\/p>\n

Part 1:\u00a0 Introduction<\/p>\n

Part 2: What lessons I took from Annabel<\/p>\n

Part 3: Impact on GoodSports Ukraine<\/p>\n

Selah<\/p>\n

Introduction: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew 24:6-7 (New King James Version): “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.”<\/p>\n

Jesus said those words, and if one looks at the news reel we see Ukraine\/Russia, Israel\/Hamas, U.S. & U.K.\/Yemen, Iran\/Iraq?, Iran\/Pakistan?\u00a0 As the world confronts a potential global conflict, I chose to focus on Annabel Beerel\u2019s Rethinking Leadership[1]<\/a> in these Leadership in times of crisis (chapter 7).<\/p>\n

Part 2: What Lessons I took for Annabel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In regard to the Covid pandemic, Beerel writes, \u201cSuffice it to say that three major contributing factors were (a) a denial of reality, (b) lack of open communication, and (c) minimal if any collaboration between major institutions and world leaders\u201d p. 163.<\/p>\n

This statement so describes my running gun fight with my nonprofit International Board as I push for the establishment of a GoodSports Ukraine.\u00a0\u00a0 I must confess I have burnt some relational bridges on this topic this past 4 months. (Sigh..)\u00a0 I see their denial of reality in Ukraine to be so limiting \u2013 they have their heads in the sand.\u00a0 I see their lack of open communications as close-lipped denial (see point number one) because they are unable to communicate with those in the \u201cfield\/Ukraine.\u201d\u00a0 They do not feel that we can establish a network of institutions in Ukraine that would make GSI Ukraine effective \u2013 have they even tried?<\/p>\n

Sorry for venting.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Part 3: Impact on GoodSports Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As GoodSports International (www.goodsportsinternational.org) develops a ministry response to Ukraine, there is a considerable negative response to the idea on the part of the GoodSports International Board.\u00a0 Looking through my great disappointment, some of our previous authors, spoke into my dilemma.\u00a0 Openness and less openness were highlighted in Robot Souls: programming in Humanity,<\/em> By Eve Poole.[2]<\/a> Poole reminded me that those on the board had never started exploratory mission trips overseas.\u00a0 All live comfortably within the confines of the United States. Understanding this position allows me to reframe my approach in proposing a GoodSports Ukraine Operation.<\/p>\n

In his book, Leadership: Theory and Practice, <\/em>Peter Northouse[3]<\/a> also highlighted for me that the difference between leader and manager imperatives were also impacting the nature of the boards leadership style. Three of the five board members are accountants. This kind of mentality lends itself toward \u201cbean counting\u201d rather than expanding missions in a war zone. Northouse\u2019s graph highlighted the differences.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Leaders<\/td>\nManagers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emphasizes the general influence process (Summary Chapter)<\/td>\nFocuses on planning, organizing, staffing, controlling (Summary Chapter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adaption and constructive Change<\/strong><\/td>\nCreating order and stability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proactive and more emotionally involved <\/strong><\/td>\nMore reactive and less emotionally involved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
See Chapter 1, Summary (Kindle location 665)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Beerel\u2019s Chapter 7, Executive Summary writes, \u201c..two major aspects of crises. The first is that they (leaders) invariably arise because institutions have selected to deny, ignore, or defer reality.<\/strong>\u201d My drive to develop the structure to support missionaries going to Ukraine has been a strong imperative with volunteers leaving Jan and Feb 2024 for Odesa and Kharkov.\u00a0 I do not believe we can defer the organization jumpstart in Ukraine without putting our volunteers at risk of failure. \u00a0\u00a0How do I convince the managers on the board to be PROACTIVE AND MORE EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED?<\/p>\n

Beerel, however, hits me with a baseball bat when she writes, \u201cFurthermore, leaders must collaborate with others.\u00a0 They cannot do this work alone.\u201d\u00a0 This timely statement keeps me from going rogue and forces me to articulate the need to the board.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spent the bulk of my time on the our last ZOOM meeting wearing my coalition building hat…thanks Beerel, I needed the warning.\u00a0 I CANNOT do this alone!<\/p>\n

Additionally, it reminds me that one of my major support imperatives is identifying the Christian NGO and church networks in Ukraine which serve as critical start points for establishing a structure that will last throughout the war and beyond.<\/p>\n

Northouse, Pool and now Beerel allow me to put theory into practice.<\/p>\n

Today\u00a0 (25 Jan 2024) Stephanie Flohr age 70 arrived in Odesa (\u041e\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0430) Ukraine. She will minister to widows and seniors (Stephanie lost her husband 3 years ago). I asked her if she had purchased her body armor and she said she has Ephesians 6. Wow.<\/p>\n

Nate Gerber leaves 9 Feb. First to GoodSports Slovakia (Prievidze) then through Poland, to Lyviv where I have asked him to attend a Ukrainian Sports Conference. Then Kharkiv to work with Redemption Church initially to deliver food (Samaritans purse) to elderly in three villages. Too old to move, these folk on the border with Russia are in survival mode. Moving however is something to hard to contemplate.<\/p>\n

On Saturday I speak to Penuel (where Jacob wrestled with God), they have 300 children and need another field.<\/p>\n

When I look at all of the resources we are reading, I wonder how they could help me \u201clead\u201d in these circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0454 \u043b\u0456\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0437 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0456\u0440\u044f\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f. \u0411\u0430\u0442\u044c\u043a\u0443, \u0434\u0430\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043c\u0443\u0434\u0440\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c. (My leadership is being tested now. Father, give me wisdom.)<\/p>\n

Selah\u2026.<\/p>\n

______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Beerel, Annabel C. Rethinking Leadership: A Critique of Contemporary Theories. London New York: Routledge, 2021.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Poole, Eve. Robot Souls: Programming in Humanity. First edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2024.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Northouse, Peter G. Leadership: Theory and Practice<\/em>. 6th ed. Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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