Comments on: the politics of organizational models http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640 Ekklesia, Transition, Leadership and Formation Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: len http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640&cpage=1#comment-27512 len Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:24:56 +0000 http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640#comment-27512 In Liberating the Church Snyder reminds us that our word "ecology" is related to the Greek word "oikos" (house) and oikonomia (our word "economy.") The whole world is God's household, and his ordering of it is his economy. Snyder writes that, “Fundamentally, the Universe is not ordered logically,, psychologically, nor sociologically, but ecologically.” (50) Synder goes on to connect God’s rule to shalom, an embracing metaphor. He continues, Will we opt for technology or ecology? This is not an either-or choice, but a question of dominant models. Will we view the world essentially as a machine or as a garden? Will we see the earth as a factory or as a home? Will we opt for technology or ecology? This is not an either-or choice but a question of dominant models… If the controlling reality is technosystem, mechanistic technology takes over and life suffers from being squeezed into the “clockwork orange” habitat for which it was never meant…. (43) The clincher follows on the next page when Snyder writes that, “As men and women become like their gods, so they become like their models. A machine model (a technosystem) produces human robots; an organic model (an ecosystem) produces healthy persons.” In Liberating the Church Snyder reminds us that our word “ecology” is related to the Greek word “oikos” (house) and oikonomia (our word “economy.”) The whole world is God’s household, and his ordering of it is his economy. Snyder writes that, “Fundamentally, the Universe is not ordered logically,, psychologically, nor sociologically, but ecologically.” (50) Synder goes on to connect God’s rule to shalom, an embracing metaphor. He continues,

Will we opt for technology or ecology? This is not an either-or choice, but a question of dominant models. Will we view the world essentially as a machine or as a garden? Will we see the earth as a factory or as a home? Will we opt for technology or ecology? This is not an either-or choice but a question of dominant models… If the controlling reality is technosystem, mechanistic technology takes over and life suffers from being squeezed into the “clockwork orange” habitat for which it was never meant…. (43)

The clincher follows on the next page when Snyder writes that, “As men and women become like their gods, so they become like their models. A machine model (a technosystem) produces human robots; an organic model (an ecosystem) produces healthy persons.”

]]> By: David Porter http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640&cpage=1#comment-27506 David Porter Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:53:51 +0000 http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640#comment-27506 "Interesting how the macro mirrors the micro, or the structure the personal." What should cause us to stay on our knees is the fact "we become who we are". In our attempts to re-construct new ways of life, we can't get away from the fact, we as a people are going to reconstruct according to who we are... If pridefull then... If self-serving then... If humble then... If loving then... Transform us Lord! “Interesting how the macro mirrors the micro, or the structure the personal.”

What should cause us to stay on our knees is the fact “we become who we are”. In our attempts to re-construct new ways of life, we can’t get away from the fact, we as a people are going to reconstruct according to who we are… If pridefull then… If self-serving then… If humble then… If loving then… Transform us Lord!

]]> By: len http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640&cpage=1#comment-27470 len Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:59:49 +0000 http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640#comment-27470 Yes, even when they become energized by demonic action .. one extreme to be sure but it happens.. they are part of us. Perhaps the more self-critical we can remain, the less likely that is to happen. Interesting then how the macro mirrors the micro, or the structure the personal.. Yes, even when they become energized by demonic action .. one extreme to be sure but it happens.. they are part of us. Perhaps the more self-critical we can remain, the less likely that is to happen. Interesting then how the macro mirrors the micro, or the structure the personal..

]]> By: David Porter http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640&cpage=1#comment-27466 David Porter Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:14:55 +0000 http://nextreformation.com/?p=1640#comment-27466 Good stuff... I don't know why, but I still feel there is much to learn and understand about our organizational model's. I'm starting to see them less as something we "use" and more as something that is apart of us. Creation reveals God in maybe much the same way our "structures" reveal who we are. They are not "us" but they were created by us and can't help but declare who we are. So while they are not "us" they are very much "apart of us". Good stuff… I don’t know why, but I still feel there is much to learn and understand about our organizational model’s. I’m starting to see them less as something we “use” and more as something that is apart of us.

Creation reveals God in maybe much the same way our “structures” reveal who we are. They are not “us” but they were created by us and can’t help but declare who we are. So while they are not “us” they are very much “apart of us”.

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