The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Sherlock Holmes narrative, originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There have been two feature films released recently with the…
Tag: Differentiation
Self: The Most Pernicious Program of All
Here’s the second post of my re-release of this advent series. This post was originally posted December 1st, 2010. ———————————– This is part two out of three of a mini-blog series on…
Collective Fusion – Resistance is not Futile
I’m re-posting an advent series as we approach Christmas. These posts sparked a lot of discussion last year for me so I’m excited to re-release them. This post was first posted on…
I’m Not A Part of This System! I’m an Adult!
If you thought I beyond analyzing philosophical statements left on dirty cars you were wrong! This was just too tempting for me. My family pulled up next to this car today as…
Jumping the Line as a Moral Act
I read this recently from Seth Godin on innovation and the status quo… “Too often, we’re persuaded that initiative and innovation and bypassing the status quo is some sort of line jumping,…
De-Fusing from Authority (Is the GPS always right?)
I had one of those experiences recently where I was listening to a GPS give me directions and something didn’t seem right. And it wasn’t. I was being told to U-Turn when…
Leading Three Sheets to the Wind
I thought for the next installment of my unorganized series of posts that I could call “Leading on the Seas” that I would choose one of the more colorful terms in sailing…
My Top “Systems” Movies
If you read my blog with any frequency you know that a main theme of my reflections is where congregational/family systems theory and spiritual leadership intersect. Since I began pursuing this realm…
Scapegoating – 1862 Style
I came across this powerful quote from the New York Times in 1862 in my continued reading of Goodwin’s Team of Rivals. This was written during a very low season for the…