TOWER OF BABEL

TOWER OF BABEL

Up until the account of the Tower of Babel, the whole world had one language, one common speech that all people understood (Genesis 11:1-9). There was no French, English, Japanese, or what have you. There was one language that every single person on earth understood....

Corporate Discernment

In the context of leadership in the Body of Christ, Barton (2012) talked about something called “corporate discernment.” We will discuss this term in order to understand Group Word to a better degree.   Corporate discernment is described as responding to the...
HOW CAN YOU RECEIVE A “GROUP WORD” OF PROPHECY?

HOW CAN YOU RECEIVE A “GROUP WORD” OF PROPHECY?

Scharmer (2007) described the need to move first into intimate connection with the world and to a place of inner knowing that emerges from within ourselves. It is followed by bringing forth the new, which entails discovering the future by doing. How do we tap into the...
Leadership and the Future

Leadership and the Future

A distinct future is something that can only be achieved through high engagement within the group members. The essence of leadership is about convening, valuing, relatedness, and decentralizing its own role (Block, 2008). We see an example of this: Hebrews 10:24 tells...
YOUR FRAMES OF REFERENCE

YOUR FRAMES OF REFERENCE

Erhard, Granger, Jensen, and Zaffron (2013) talked about how your frames of reference are incorporated in your “wall of bricks.” Erhard et al. (2013) noted that an entire wall of bricks represents your worldview. Your frame of reference is related to some specific...
Transformation is A Product of Actions

Transformation is A Product of Actions

Understanding who we are as human beings affects our actions; It changes the course we are going into and allows us to be authors of our lives (Sodhi, 2013). How do we have access to understanding “who we are?” The single biggest stop is one of identity. Identity is...