My family system provides a helpful metaphor for any organizational system. Our churches and organizations are systems—organisms—with a unique life and vitality. They are not mechanistic religious production lines but bodies that need to be tended, cared for, challenged and strengthened so they can adapt to their environment. This is what adaptive leadership is all about: hanging on to the healthiest, most valuable parts of our identity in life and letting go of those things that hinder us from living and loving well.
I can’t eat like crap and expect to live forever. This is what he learned from his grandfather. We have to learn from the leaders before us, and then adapt. God never changes, but we should change!
