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1. Challenges that can come our way

ME

God

Traditional Radical

Human nature

Colleagues Authority

Family

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We cope - escape

God - stop praying

Traditional/Radical - fail to love all

Colleagues - withdraw

Authority - ignore

Family - neglect

Human nature - ignore needs

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We give way....God - fail to link God with reality

Traditional/Radical - uncritical identification

Colleagues - spend too much time on them

Authority - excessive defference

Family - into safe warmth

Human Nature - allow fantasy world to develop

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By insulating ourselves

Building a tough exterior

Adopt worldly methods of leadership

Try to control everything

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Escape

Into new work

Into fantasy

Into ‘burn out’

Into breakdown

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Acceptance

Self knowledge

God knowledge

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Idealisation

Deprivation

Compensation

Competition

Idolisation

Depression

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2. Leadership and power

Positional power

Resources power

Personality power

Experiential power

The power of knowledge

Weak power

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3. Formation - Erving Goffman - The

presentation of self in everyday life

Created a model of personality that was based on the dynamic interrelation of human beings from early childhood and the way this affected the interaction between ourselves and our audience

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Examples

Mark

Craig

Sarah

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Front stage / Back stage

Front stage - what we make available to others

Back stage - where we protect ourselves

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Biblical examples

Gen 3

Is 39.15

Matt 6

1 Cor 9.22

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The next stage

Coming to a place of safety both on the front stage and back stage so that we can have mobility between the two