A Mystic Leader’s Crash Course: Introduction

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The role of a leader is to describe the world we live in and to show others how to live in that world with moral authenticity. As Christ following leaders begin to see the world through the life of Christ and begin to reorient their own lives, they find themselves increasingly compelled to join with others on a quest to save the universe.

I would like to suggest four images to 21st century leaders as a help in describing the world in which we live.

darkness
light
wind
clouds

I’ll unwrap these over the next few days.

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Alex McManus

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This entry was written by Alex McManus on January 22, 2006
Categorized Culture, Leadership, Mission, Our World.
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6 Comments

  1. Amy Nicholson
    Posted January 22, 2006 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

    I’m intrigued and my imagination is loving the packed version.

  2. Mel
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 3:00 pm | Permalink

    Interested to see where this goes…I like the idea of wind. But I’ll save my reflections on it for when you post. :-)

  3. Ariah fine
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 8:38 pm | Permalink

    Very curious to see what you write about in the days to come.

  4. lon
    Posted January 24, 2006 at 9:51 am | Permalink

    speaking of crash.. I think the voxtropolis site just went down. looking forward to the coming posts…

  5. scott
    Posted January 25, 2006 at 10:38 am | Permalink

    I like the idea of where this is going. However, in addition to describing the world we live in, I believe a leader’s role is to create, with others, the world we live in. And it’s much easier to describe something you’ve created.

    Also, a friend of mine will be in town Feb. 12 and he wants to visit some communities of faith that are on a quest to engage 20-something unbelievers. does anyone know where he should go? Talk to you soon. Have a great day!!

  6. drLori
    Posted January 28, 2006 at 10:44 am | Permalink

    Erin was briefly telling me about this talk after the conference you were at last weekend. I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts! Have fun with James this week!!

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  2. By Oh my blog! Whee! on January 25, 2006 at 2:51 am

    Leaders as describers

    Ariah Fine found a post about being a leader, and managed to extract the bit that might actually be useful to me. The non-religious bit, that is.The role of a leader is to describe the world we live in and to show others how to live in that world with mor

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