As I continue to learn more about my internship site, I am always intrigued by the systems in play (sometime I wish I had pursued sociology). This congregation as small as it is, is made up of an African American congregation (Oakland UMC), an older Scandinavian community (Asbury UMC) with a Liberian contingent that one might wonder how they this congregation. Yet, it is a perfect example of the new global model we need to address in the reemerging church. In addition, it creates numerous cultural tenets that a leader needs to be aware of to negotiate through these deep waters. “The Missional Leader” by Roxburgh and Romanuk, do a fine job explaining the importance of focusing on the culture, not the organization. With that said, aside from
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(Branson/Martinez 191) This quote from Churches, Cultures and Leadership, by Branson and Martinez, really hits it on the head. The objective world, the subjective world and the social world all play an important part when it comes to effective intercultural communication. Again, this framework is essential when we approach the global church.
This also brings to mind the multiplicity of relationships created within a blended family. When my ex-husband remarried, his wife brought her two children, he brought our two children and then they had a daughter together. As the family therapist pointed out, this created approximately 167 different relational connections. Therefore, within that paradigm, a lot of tension, uncomfortableness and reframing of the family system had to be constructed. Consequently, this marriage also ended in divorce and much of it due to poor communication and unawareness of the aforementioned …show more content…
My point being, it is work and by no means easy. Yet, for a successful end result, we must be willing to do the work to process through the thickness, rather than try to fly above it. I’m not saying we don’t go into the balcony to assess, but it’s not a place we stay. Nothing grows on the mountaintop, only in the rich, deep valleys.
Most of Maxwell’s book is pragmatic in nature or at least in my mind, seems rather obvious in certain
(Branson/Martinez 191) This quote from Churches, Cultures and Leadership, by Branson and Martinez, really hits it on the head. The objective world, the subjective world and the social world all play an important part when it comes to effective intercultural communication. Again, this framework is essential when we approach the global church.
This also brings to mind the multiplicity of relationships created within a blended family. When my ex-husband remarried, his wife brought her two children, he brought our two children and then they had a daughter together. As the family therapist pointed out, this created approximately 167 different relational connections. Therefore, within that paradigm, a lot of tension, uncomfortableness and reframing of the family system had to be constructed. Consequently, this marriage also ended in divorce and much of it due to poor communication and unawareness of the aforementioned …show more content…
My point being, it is work and by no means easy. Yet, for a successful end result, we must be willing to do the work to process through the thickness, rather than try to fly above it. I’m not saying we don’t go into the balcony to assess, but it’s not a place we stay. Nothing grows on the mountaintop, only in the rich, deep valleys.
Most of Maxwell’s book is pragmatic in nature or at least in my mind, seems rather obvious in certain