{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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She must hat the same time be genuinely vilnerable…”</li>\n<li>Types of power paradoxes - knowledge power: can fill us with pride and enslave us, - “How am I stewarding my knowledge power as a leader?”</li>\n<li>scepter of power in one hand and a towel/basin in the other…are we holding both with equal strength?</li>\n<li>people power: wrongly used shows as manipulation - II Samuel 23: David dumping the water as offering to the Lord</li>\n<li>great leaders refuse to wrongly use influence, intimidation, control</li>\n<li>create the ultimate safe place from which followers can rise to achievement and fullfillment…</li>\n<li>ACT and use the kingdom power, invade the darkness, “We dare not do otherwise” James 4 – evil is knowing what to do and not doing it</li>\n<li>humility combined with fierce resolve</li>\n<li>we are not a single person who has to abolish all evil in the world like the terminator</li>\n<li>Like Paul, celebrate our weakness and - the true secret of a great leader’s power is that when you feel the weakest, that’s when you areally are the strongest!</li>\n<li>His strength is realized in our weakness</li>\n<li>The power lies in jars of clay</li>\n<li>lead well, finish well, leave a lasting legacy, understand that the power comes from God</li>\n<li>As Jesus said, we are meek inheritors of the earth</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"2014-08-15 2:34 PM\n\nCalcutta is an exciting place but also has people living on the street\n\nHow do you live with the burden of the massive need? - 1/1000 are Christians\n\nlarge numbers of poor\n\nPower - power is the potential to move reality…to make something happen\n\n“leaders manage power”\n\n“There is no such thing as leadership without power”\n\nParadox - A concept/reality that combines contradictory features or qualities\n\nJohn 13:1-5 shows the power paradox - “A leader must be able to wield power, real power, in order to lead effectively. She must hat the same time be genuinely vilnerable…”\n\nTypes of power paradoxes - knowledge power: can fill us with pride and enslave us, - “How am I stewarding my knowledge power as a leader?”\n\nscepter of power in one hand and a towel/basin in the other…are we holding both with equal strength?\n\npeople power: wrongly used shows as manipulation - II Samuel 23: David dumping the water as offering to the Lord\n\ngreat leaders refuse to wrongly use influence, intimidation, control\n\ncreate the ultimate safe place from which followers can rise to achievement and fullfillment…\n\nACT and use the kingdom power, invade the darkness, “We dare not do otherwise” James 4 – evil is knowing what to do and not doing it\n\nhumility combined with fierce resolve\n\nwe are not a single person who has to abolish all evil in the world like the terminator\n\nLike Paul, celebrate our weakness and - the true secret of a great leader’s power is that when you feel the weakest, that’s when you areally are the strongest!\n\nHis strength is realized in our weakness\n\nThe power lies in jars of clay\n\nlead well, finish well, leave a lasting legacy, understand that the power comes from God\n\nAs Jesus said, we are meek inheritors of the earth\n\nCategories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2014-08-15T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:14.114Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-7a-the-power-paradox-ivan-satyavrata","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-7a-the-power-paradox-ivan-satyavrata/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/Zw7H3QuJUs_/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/Zw7H3QuJUs_/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-7a-the-power-paradox-ivan-satyavrata/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Fri Aug 15 2014","date_published_ms":1408118400000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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