I’ve been a part of successful teams and unsuccessful teams… I think these traits are spot on given my experiences (especially psychological safety):
1. Dependability.
2. Structure and clarity.
3. Meaning.
4. Impact.
5. Psychological Safety.
via Google Spent 2 Years Studying 180 Teams. The Most Successful Ones Shared These 5 Traits | Inc.com
I’ll be preaching on Genesis 32:22-31 (Jacob wrestles God / Angel / River Demon / Jungian Archetype … depending on your persuasion) at First Christian Church Columbia, SCÂ on August 6. This is probably my favorite text in the entire Bible and I’m excited that it comes up in the lectionary next week.
I always wonder how others read this story. Leave me a comment here or on Facebook, Twitter, email etc and let me know.
I’ll post the sermon when I’m done, but maybe you can impact in how that turns out.
“The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacobâs hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, âLet me go, for the day is breaking.â But Jacob said, âI will not let you go, unless you bless me.â
So he said to him, âWhat is your name?â And he said, âJacob.â Then the man said, âYou shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.â Then Jacob asked him, âPlease tell me your name.â But he said, âWhy is it that you ask my name?â And there he blessed him.
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, âFor I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.â The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.”
At least 3 times a week, this panic strikes me when I see screenshots on the web…
via xkcd: Screenshot
Gospel of Mary? Bel and the Dragon? The Apocryphon of John? Two Corinthians? Dr. Thomas Whitley and the Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined again by David Ray Allen to cover the second round of the Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge and give a great overview of biblical books you might not have read in a while.
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