blog traffic analysis
This-essay is a9908101.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %AUTHORITY CORRUPTION SCRIPTURE INTERPRET LEADERS 990810 When we are confronted with protracted conflicts within religious institutions we will do well and be well when we consider carefully how to recognize leaders who seek to dominate "things" and people through the acquisition of enough power to prevail through manipulative, coercive and/or violent maneuvers. We can recognize such leaders by considering: 1. How coercive, manipulative, and/or domineering various leaders are compared to how humble, gentle, and gracious other leaders are. 2. How open, honest, and forthcoming some leaders are in comparison to how secretive, closed, and calculative other leaders are. 3. Which leaders invite input from balanced numbers of people who advance complementary and/or conflicting points of view, perspectives and recommendations --- and which other leaders seek to exclude or discredit people who offer unpopular, embarrassing and or discredited points of view and recommendations. 4. Which leaders show signs of defensiveness and/or insecurity --- while trying to maintain a front of self confidence, certainty and authority. 5. Whether leaders are operating within the frame of mind of power-hungry authoritarians --- or within the frame of mind of humble pilgrims seeking together to cooperate in finding the truth, the way, and the life- styles which will help all people to cooperate in building integrative and healthy communities. 6. Whether leaders are prone to extreme/exclusive forms of legalilsm, judgementalism, and excommunication --- or to indifference to reliable truths, disciplines and forms of cooperation. 7. Which leaders are preoccupied with issues of control: Of what? By whom? To advance what cause? At whose expense? To whose advantage? By the exclusion of whom? 8. Which leaders are seeking to distribute decision- making power and authority as widely as is practical? For what reasons? Over whose objections? (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
Lines beginning with a percent sign are  KEYWORDS  for use
in ESSAY-System Searches.  Their terminal digits are dates
of writing in the format @yymmdd#, where @ =  a  means 99,
@ =  b  means 20, and # = is a within-date essay-count.

Links to date-adjacent essays are near  page top & bottom.

Find the following links by clicking on CENTER when CENTER near the top or bottom of a web page of essayz.com 1. Go to HOME PAGE of essayz.com 2. Find brief-essays via keywords 3. Find brief-essay about ADDICTION 4. Search-Helps related to ABOVE-LINK 5. GoTo Action & Information Center 6. Find Regular-Essays via Year/Month 7. Find Regular-Essays via Word-Starts 8. Find Regular-Essay about LOVE

This-essay is a9908101.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. These 5 lines echo top lines. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One