6. Some movements
successfully inject their
values into the institutions
they challenge
Other movements
decide to create their own
institutions
7. Vital movements
call people to passionate,
sacrificial personal
commitment
Sustainable institutions
create loyalty across
generations through
evocative rituals & traditions
8. Did Jesus start a movement
or an institution or both?
What is the status of our
Christian movements
today?
What is the status of our
Christian institutions?
9. What kinds of personal
commitments do movements
invite? How do they solicit and
maintain commitment?
What kinds of personal
commitments do institutions
invite, and how do they solicit and
maintain them?
11. Catholic movements
Catholics as inclusive
Ecclesiolae en ecclesia
Protestants as protestors
Protestants as pro-testifiers
Protestant movements and
institutions
41. I’m NOT ...
I don’t believe organized
religion has all the answers.
I don’t believe science,
government, and
economics have all the
answers either.
42. I’m WORRIED ...
That strong religious identity
makes people vicious.
That no spiritual identity
makes people vacuous.
43. I’m CONFUSED ...
Absolutism leads to
genocide.
Relativism leads to loss of
identity.
Is there an alternative?
44. Religion:
How [(r] religion provides exclusive
religi(s goods and services
so human s(ls can
be saved
from God.
45. From what kind of God would
people need to be saved?
violent
unforgiving
cruel
capricious
tribal or racist
46. Religion:
How [(r] brand provides exclusive
religi(s goods and services
so human s(ls can
be saved
from God.
47. Spi*tuality:
How God ' saving
all creation from human evil ... by grace,
&r(gh fai&,
in + way of w'dom, compassion, and love,
inviting (r pa%icipation.
48. The Christian Religion:
Identity: Exclusive distributorship of saving
doctrines, rituals, or membership so souls
can be saved from God
Goal: Converts, believers, souls in heaven
Jesus: blessings for members, condemnation
for nonmembers
Clergy: Priests & pastors to and for members
Laity: Consumers, satisfied customers become
marketers
Focus: One hour per week
Social Cohesion: In-group vs. Out-group, us vs.
them
49. Christian spirituality:
Identity: A way of wisdom, compassion, and
love so creation can be saved from human
evil
Goal: A world healed and transformed
Jesus: Blessings for learners so they can bring
blessings to everyone
Leaders: Training fellow-learners to be priests
and pastors to all humanity
Learners: Being presence and agents of Christ,
inviting and including others
Focus: Way of life and goodness lived every
day
Social Cohesion: Come-on-in group, some of
us for all of us
50. Religion:
Other Religions: Shouldn’t exist, a mistake,
should be critiqued and eradicated
Other Religious Leaders: Should be rejected,
mocked, vilified, discredited
Other Religious Beliefs & Practices: Should be
feared and avoided as competition with and
contradiction to our own
People of other religions: Seek to avoid or
convert and assimilate. If they won’t convert,
ignore, shame, or inconvenience. If they
become a threat, defeat and “cleanse” them.
51. Spirituality:
Other Religions: Part of God’s world, should be
understood and valued, a mix of good and
evil in need of growth and maturity - just as
ours is
Other Religious Leaders: Should be respected,
honored, appreciated
Other Religious Beliefs & Practices: May have
much to teach us, similarities and differences
may help us appreciate our own
People of other religions: Receive the gifts they
offer, offer the gifts we have; seek mutual
understanding; collaborate for the common
good of all
52. The Mission of Jesus
1. The Spirit of the Lord is on
me ...
1, 3. God has empowered me
53. 1, 3, 5. to proclaim good
news to the poor
1, 3, 5. 8. freedom for the
unfree
1. recovery of sight for the
blind
54. 1, 3. to release the
oppressed
1, 3, 5. to proclaim the
year of the Lord’s
jubilee.
55. 1, 3, 5, 8. Today these
words are being
fulfilled.
1, 3, 5, 8. Amen.
Notas do Editor
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a violent collision of two distant galaxies which triggered massive amounts of star formations in a spectacular fireworks show.
(Accessed on November 15, 2004 from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/sg_images/hubble_pic_browse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/stargazing/stargazing_image.html&h=286&w=400&sz=13&tbnid=aS9vjMk1n4QJ:&tbnh=85&tbnw=118&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanetary%2Bcollision%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)
Let’s draw a parallel. When 2 worlds collide in space, it creates a galactic fireworks show. When 2 worldviews collide, the effects are similar in the social, cultural, and spiritual realms.
On the lower left you see the leadership paradigm belonging to modernity. On the upper right you see the leadership paradigm belonging to postmodernity. Notice these are such distinct models that there is no overlap.
Modernity was characterized by organizations that were centralized, hierarchical, vertical, mechanistic, executive-oriented, bureaucratic, rigid and transactional. Postmodern organizations are decentralized, flattened, horizontal, team-based, organic, fluid, flexible and transformational.
The only connector is the fact that we are in transition from one to another. And it is this period of history, the transition, that we currently find ourselves in. And it’s bound to be a painful journey for leaders who care to make the trek. But as Ronald Heifitz of Howard University’s Leadership Education Project asserted, “There are lots of things in life that are worth the pain. Leadership is one of them.” That statement could never be more true than when applied to this most challenging period of worldview transition.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a violent collision of two distant galaxies which triggered massive amounts of star formations in a spectacular fireworks show.
(Accessed on November 15, 2004 from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/sg_images/hubble_pic_browse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/stargazing/stargazing_image.html&h=286&w=400&sz=13&tbnid=aS9vjMk1n4QJ:&tbnh=85&tbnw=118&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanetary%2Bcollision%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)
Let’s draw a parallel. When 2 worlds collide in space, it creates a galactic fireworks show. When 2 worldviews collide, the effects are similar in the social, cultural, and spiritual realms.
On the lower left you see the leadership paradigm belonging to modernity. On the upper right you see the leadership paradigm belonging to postmodernity. Notice these are such distinct models that there is no overlap.
Modernity was characterized by organizations that were centralized, hierarchical, vertical, mechanistic, executive-oriented, bureaucratic, rigid and transactional. Postmodern organizations are decentralized, flattened, horizontal, team-based, organic, fluid, flexible and transformational.
The only connector is the fact that we are in transition from one to another. And it is this period of history, the transition, that we currently find ourselves in. And it’s bound to be a painful journey for leaders who care to make the trek. But as Ronald Heifitz of Howard University’s Leadership Education Project asserted, “There are lots of things in life that are worth the pain. Leadership is one of them.” That statement could never be more true than when applied to this most challenging period of worldview transition.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a violent collision of two distant galaxies which triggered massive amounts of star formations in a spectacular fireworks show.
(Accessed on November 15, 2004 from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/sg_images/hubble_pic_browse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/stargazing/stargazing_image.html&h=286&w=400&sz=13&tbnid=aS9vjMk1n4QJ:&tbnh=85&tbnw=118&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanetary%2Bcollision%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)
Let’s draw a parallel. When 2 worlds collide in space, it creates a galactic fireworks show. When 2 worldviews collide, the effects are similar in the social, cultural, and spiritual realms.
On the lower left you see the leadership paradigm belonging to modernity. On the upper right you see the leadership paradigm belonging to postmodernity. Notice these are such distinct models that there is no overlap.
Modernity was characterized by organizations that were centralized, hierarchical, vertical, mechanistic, executive-oriented, bureaucratic, rigid and transactional. Postmodern organizations are decentralized, flattened, horizontal, team-based, organic, fluid, flexible and transformational.
The only connector is the fact that we are in transition from one to another. And it is this period of history, the transition, that we currently find ourselves in. And it’s bound to be a painful journey for leaders who care to make the trek. But as Ronald Heifitz of Howard University’s Leadership Education Project asserted, “There are lots of things in life that are worth the pain. Leadership is one of them.” That statement could never be more true than when applied to this most challenging period of worldview transition.
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a violent collision of two distant galaxies which triggered massive amounts of star formations in a spectacular fireworks show.
(Accessed on November 15, 2004 from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/sg_images/hubble_pic_browse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/stargazing/stargazing_image.html&h=286&w=400&sz=13&tbnid=aS9vjMk1n4QJ:&tbnh=85&tbnw=118&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanetary%2Bcollision%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)
Let’s draw a parallel. When 2 worlds collide in space, it creates a galactic fireworks show. When 2 worldviews collide, the effects are similar in the social, cultural, and spiritual realms.
On the lower left you see the leadership paradigm belonging to modernity. On the upper right you see the leadership paradigm belonging to postmodernity. Notice these are such distinct models that there is no overlap.
Modernity was characterized by organizations that were centralized, hierarchical, vertical, mechanistic, executive-oriented, bureaucratic, rigid and transactional. Postmodern organizations are decentralized, flattened, horizontal, team-based, organic, fluid, flexible and transformational.
The only connector is the fact that we are in transition from one to another. And it is this period of history, the transition, that we currently find ourselves in. And it’s bound to be a painful journey for leaders who care to make the trek. But as Ronald Heifitz of Howard University’s Leadership Education Project asserted, “There are lots of things in life that are worth the pain. Leadership is one of them.” That statement could never be more true than when applied to this most challenging period of worldview transition.