{"id":9851,"date":"2016-10-26T23:15:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T06:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/?p=9851"},"modified":"2016-10-26T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T06:15:02","slug":"the-jesuit-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/the-jesuit-league\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cJesuit League\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a child, one of my favorite activities was Saturday morning cartoons.\u00a0 I would endure \u201cTom & Jerry\u201d, and \u201cThe Smurfs\u201d, before I could get to my all-time favorite cartoon \u201cTHE JUSTICE LEAGUE!\u201d\u00a0 I still feel giddy with anticipation recalling the main characters: Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and my favorite, Wonder Woman. It was more than a cartoon, as I imagined myself teleported to another time and place where heroes came together to fight as one powerful team, creatively using their special powers to remedy the effects of evil and deliver justice. \u00a0Although it was impressive seeing each hero fight a villain individually with their gifts, it was awesome seeing the full team come together to battle passionately for the same cause, expressing \u201ccorporate agility\u201d (Kindle, 282) as they worked quickly and seamlessly together. \u00a0Lowney could have had the Justice League in mind when he said teams \u201cperform best when team members respect, value, and trust one another and sacrifice narrow self-interest to support team goals and their colleagues\u2019 success\u201d (Kindle, 301).<\/p>\n

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When I think of the Jesuit\u2019s 4 pillars of success: self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism, it was like The Justice League was reading their script.\u00a0 The superheroes were self-aware<\/em> of their crippling weaknesses that robbed them of their superpowers\u00a0and lived with humility hiding their superhero identity as they lived like normal humans.\u00a0 They were ingenious <\/em>as they found creative ways to stop the menacing villains, always surprising the viewer with how they recovered the win in a seemingly lost battle.\u00a0 Above all, the love<\/em> they expressed for the human race as they risked life and limb and sacrificed their lives and personal relationships for the betterment of others, was inspiring.\u00a0 They lived by the Jesuit creed, \u201cgreater love than fear\u201d (Kindle, 291), as they allowed love to fuel their passion for sacrificing their lives and overcoming evil.\u00a0 Finally, their heroism was jaw-dropping impressive, as they battled fearlessly and zealously the vilest of villains, which would solicit claps and hollers of approval from their viewers of all ages. \u00a0They embodied the belief that: \u201cHeroes extract gold from the opportunities at hand rather than waiting for golden opportunities to be handed to them\u201d (Kindle, 304).\u00a0 No one told them they had to be a superhero or a leader for others.\u00a0 They just accessed their inner leader and were responsible with the gifts they were given.\u00a0 It\u2019s as if there is a hero in all of us, waiting to lead and be released, or as the Lowney says, \u201cWe\u2019re all leaders, leading all the time, well or poorly. Leadership springs from within\u201d (Kindle, 124)<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving with one foot raised\u201d \u2013\u201calways ready to respond to emerging opportunities,\u201d (Kindle, 264), brought the picture of Superman posing as Clark Kent, ready to swing into action as Superman to avert crises. I thought of Batman, who had to be \u201ctwice-born\u201d (Kindle, 344) when as a boy he had to recover from the traumatic loss of his family in order to become the hero he was meant to be.\u00a0 I imagined Wonder Woman having to \u201cfit into a world\u201d unfamiliar to her own and discovering it wasn\u2019t a \u201chostile place\u201d (Kindle, 407) as she fell in love with a man for the first time. \u00a0\u00a0As these superheroes worked together, I saw the \u201cheroism and mutual affection\u201d (Kindle, 439) they had for one another as they valued what each contributed to their cause. Ultimately, I could think of no better image than the Justice League to illustrate the Jesuit mission statement: \u201chelping souls and doing it heroically\u201d (Kindle, 479).<\/p>\n

On a personal note, as I researched this, you can imagine my enthusiasm when I discovered a Justice League movie coming out in 2017!\u00a0 For your viewing pleasure, here\u2019s the trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fIHH5-HVS9o<\/a>. \u00a0And if that wasn\u2019t enough, there is also a Wonder Woman movie coming out in 2017, which I also included the trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lGoQhFb4NM<\/a>. I have a feeling 2017 is going to be a great year\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a child, one of my favorite activities was Saturday morning cartoons.\u00a0 I would endure \u201cTom & Jerry\u201d, and \u201cThe Smurfs\u201d, before I could get to my all-time favorite cartoon \u201cTHE JUSTICE LEAGUE!\u201d\u00a0 I still feel giddy with anticipation recalling the main characters: Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and my favorite, Wonder Woman. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[933],"class_list":["post-9851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lowney","cohort-lgp7"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}