tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post6560662955793400302..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Powerless LeadershipTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-12785141045301578822010-11-18T08:57:59.794-05:002010-11-18T08:57:59.794-05:00Tobias,
The words used here are almost identical t...Tobias,<br />The words used here are almost identical to the words used by Mr. Schfield when he tried to take the diocese of San Joaquin to the So. Cone. I am continually amazed at the inanity of it all.Frank Remkiewicz aka “Tree”https://www.blogger.com/profile/00501821790434895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-88644807629221812702010-11-17T00:05:03.876-05:002010-11-17T00:05:03.876-05:00Rowan's continual protests that he is merely r...Rowan's continual protests that he is merely representing the mind of the communion put me in mind of men with headphones in a bulletproof booth in Nuremberg. "I was only following orders! I could do nothing!"MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-16684687260581826302010-11-16T19:20:00.518-05:002010-11-16T19:20:00.518-05:00My concern exactly, Tom. One of the keynotes of cl...My concern exactly, Tom. One of the keynotes of clergy misconduct and parish dysfunction is the denial of the real power dynamic at work. I recall a book I read years ago, The Toxic Church; hence my use of that term in closing.<br /><br />I continue to hope sanity will reign.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-55105034239627043442010-11-16T19:17:55.464-05:002010-11-16T19:17:55.464-05:00Tobias: It is one thing to voluntarily give up one...Tobias: It is one thing to voluntarily give up one's power in the interest of being a "servant leader" (or perhaps of being like Jesus). It is entirely different thing to claim you have no power when you, in fact, do. It reminds me of clergy I've heard that claim they have no power--and yet they are in the center of the sacramental and spiritual life of their congregation! How could they _not_ have power? The question is, how will you use that power, or do you give it up (another way of using it) for something or someone?Tom Sramek, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.com