Dr. Clark, what a gift it is to continue drink from the well of your thoroughly reflective and affective mind via your Substack. I’ve missed regularly learning from you in our doctoral program. But reading your Substack helps satiate that longing. Great article.
So much to chew on in this article, thank you. I especially love: "God made us as desiring beings, and he knows how unfettered desire has taken us captive and longs to meet us in those desires. In a world torn apart by misplaced desire, He asks us, ‘What do you desire?’"
I love it because it is so true. Among so many things that captivate us, our own unfettered desires can be hard to detect, unless we grow in self-awareness. So to acknowledge that God asks us what we desire, knowing full well that some, at least, of those desires take us further and further from our best selves, well, that is a God who loves us so much, he allows us to make our own messes.
That causes us to need to think clearly, to feel deeply for God and others, and again, to begin to know ourselves so we can know God.
My thoughts in the early part of the article is how those who do actually think have become "the elite", said with a sneer and derision in the voice. We have a long road ahead of us to redeem such leaders in the minds of the population.
Your comment makes me wonder if many successful leaders, who have fallen, had mastered 1) knowledge and 2) practical leadership skills, i.e communication, comms, planning, but not their inner desires and passions.
Jesus warned us that it always comes down to what's in the heart in life and relationships.
Thank you for pointing out that the inner life is always primary, no matter what we learn with ahead.
I've realized it's a four-step process for something I have yet to name. But it's this:
Self-awareness followed by self-reflection leads to self-knowledge and the ability to make choices of integrity. I think that will be a future article. :-)
Thank you for this discussion about leadership. It's immensely helpful.
Dr. Clark, what a gift it is to continue drink from the well of your thoroughly reflective and affective mind via your Substack. I’ve missed regularly learning from you in our doctoral program. But reading your Substack helps satiate that longing. Great article.
Thanks David, hope you are well! Missing you.
Lots to ponder from this one with excellent thoughts particularly on the healing leaders and the danger of toxic vulnerability. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reading and the feedback Phil.
So much to chew on in this article, thank you. I especially love: "God made us as desiring beings, and he knows how unfettered desire has taken us captive and longs to meet us in those desires. In a world torn apart by misplaced desire, He asks us, ‘What do you desire?’"
I love it because it is so true. Among so many things that captivate us, our own unfettered desires can be hard to detect, unless we grow in self-awareness. So to acknowledge that God asks us what we desire, knowing full well that some, at least, of those desires take us further and further from our best selves, well, that is a God who loves us so much, he allows us to make our own messes.
That causes us to need to think clearly, to feel deeply for God and others, and again, to begin to know ourselves so we can know God.
My thoughts in the early part of the article is how those who do actually think have become "the elite", said with a sneer and derision in the voice. We have a long road ahead of us to redeem such leaders in the minds of the population.
Your comment makes me wonder if many successful leaders, who have fallen, had mastered 1) knowledge and 2) practical leadership skills, i.e communication, comms, planning, but not their inner desires and passions.
Jesus warned us that it always comes down to what's in the heart in life and relationships.
Thank you for pointing out that the inner life is always primary, no matter what we learn with ahead.
I've realized it's a four-step process for something I have yet to name. But it's this:
Self-awareness followed by self-reflection leads to self-knowledge and the ability to make choices of integrity. I think that will be a future article. :-)
Thank you for this discussion about leadership. It's immensely helpful.
*learn with the head
Yes, the Leader's ARK of Integrity.
Superb article - thanks Jason!
Thanks Peter. Jase