A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders (Biblia.com)

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For much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with their visions of a better world. Volatile, complex forces could be addressed and confronted with planning and management. But crisis is a great revealer. It knocks us off our thrones. It uncovers the weaknesses in our strategies and brings to light our myths and idols. Our past strategies run aground,...

and historical change occurs “when the gap between the ideal and real becomes too wide.” What happens then? “The system breaks down.”2 Once the legitimacy of a stronghold is questioned, it no longer absorbs our anxiety. Instead, it becomes the source of our anxiety. We shift from the ambient anxiety that is present in times of affluence, peace, and stability to the sharper, more irrational anxiety that comes when the whole system seems to be breaking down. As we move into the transitory and unfamiliar

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