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College Professors in the Academy & Abbey
Is it possible for a culture to fill its mind while simultaneously emptying its soul? I believe that is the looming challenge facing higher education. Digital culture has put a world of knowledge at our fingertips…literally. But the most fundamental concern of education remains fixed and unchanged. How do we use the knowledge in the right way? In a world…
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The Atheist 10 “Non-Commandments”
Recent CNN post about the Atheists’ 10 “Non-Commandments” that were voted upon http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/19/living/atheist-10-commandments/: In our own more enlightened age, we’re perfectly capable of crowdsourcing our own commandments — or, at least, that’s what a new project would have us believe. Lex Bayer, an executive at AirBnB, and John Figdor, a humanist chaplain at Stanford University,…
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Biblical leadership: where do we find it?
It is inadequate to produce contemporary models and theories by proof-texting notable portions of Scripture and trying to extract the “principles” imagined to buried deep within.
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Hofstrede’s dimension of culture & leadership
Five dimensions of culture (Hofstede): Power distance – the degree and range of the distribution of power among societal groups Uncertainty avoidance – level of comfort with unstructured, uncontrollable situations Individualism / collectivism – degree to which individuals care for themselves versus being cared for in a group (family) Masculinity / femininity – the distribution…
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Leadership needs theology
No leadership model can realize its visions for life and community without a solid theological foundation that connects the reality of biblical revelation, historical experience, a proper view of the human person, and sound cultural exegesis. This means having or developing a solid theology of leadership. We need a deeper understanding of leadership of a community or an organization from a biblical (and holiness) worldview,…
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The Ego of Servant Leaders
http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/egoless-leadership-is-a-myth/ I ran across this post arguing that ego-less leadership is a myth. (Interesting read. You might check it out before continuing on here.) Ego-driven leaders ultimately exist to be served by people. We all have an ego–that’s a normal part of th human psyche. To sagely argue that egoless leadership is a myth is somewhat…
