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The Trouble with Power

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Have you noticed that with great responsibility, there tends to be great power? However, power, though inherent, can be turned two directions. Here is a basic problem – when you fuel something with power, it relies on that power to keep going. If it is in the United States, it was built on the paradigm of power.

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So, is it about power?

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They mentioned the whole idea of church leadership being about power…and the absence thereof for women in particular. What if we are trying to create communities of power instead of influence? As I was driving today, that sentence suddenly hit me. A long time ago, I thought that the church needed a change in models.

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Why we yearn for power

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I was contemplating the reason that power is so tempting. By power being tempting, I don’t actually mean the power that destroys, as in Hitler. She described to me that the world wars were because the old empires wanted to exercise power, and the younger nations wanted to garner influence (called politics).

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5 Ways to Distribute Power

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“Many Christians in the Western World have confused culturally determined expressions of the Christian Faith with the faith itself.” ” ~ Christian Schwarz. As our world becomes more diverse, we will have to examine our own “culturally determined expressions” of Christianity in light of the gospel.

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It Really is All About Power

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Tonight, I watched the documentary I.O.U.S.A. Like most documentaries, it is obviously one-sided. However, I am not versed enough in economics to know “the rest of the story” Regardless of the slant, I see a real trend in our society. Instead of making wise decisions, we do what is popular and comfortable. When our leaders [.].

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Honest Questions

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First, I am appalled at the abuse of power in our nation – it isn’t just race that it effected, it is a socio-economic divide whose name is […]. Musings change ecclesiology Leadership Power transition'

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I can’t do ministry – I have kids

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Change Coaching Leadership Ministry Self Leadership Team Leadership church planting ecclesiology Influence Power strengths women in ministry' A friend and I had a discussion on how it is assumed that women with children don’t have the time or energy to do anything that […].

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