Category: Level 1 – DRIP

SNAPSHOT 4 – Cracks in the Structure The cracks were showing for a while now. Back in 2008 SundayPapers.org.uk  featured a series of reflections on institutional fragility, noting that old ecclesial frameworks were splintering under the pressure of cultural change. Yet rather than lament the cracks, this Applied Alchemy invites us to see them as necessary…

Snapshot 3 – sense making in leadership This month explores leadership as the art of “seeing again” in seasons of ambiguity, using the Emmaus road story and Karl Weick’s sense-making work to show how perception is reshaped in real time. It invites leaders to notice when familiar frames no longer fit, and to treat these…

Snapshot 2: The ecology of mission Before “mixed ecology” became common language in missional circles, many people including myself envisioned mission as an intricate ecosystem, wildflower growth at the edges of ordered gardens. Part of what was being asked was how local churches, innovators, and movements could coexist without competing for sunlight.   In today’s terms,…

Snapshot 1: The Long Slow Work of Becoming Formation isn’t a sprint toward purpose but a long, uneven cooperation with grace. Leadership, at its best, feels more like cultivation than control like tending a garden rather than managing a project. When the original post appeared in 2005, it resonated with the emerging fresh expressions movement,…