human systems

Systems & Choices

Systems & Choices

Many of our institutions and systems continue, and are even defended fiercely, because we cannot think of other ways to do the things. The two-party national political system is an obvious example. Much of what organized religion does can be put in the category as well. Healthcare is another…

Reclaiming our Humanity: Systems are People, People are Systems

Reclaiming our Humanity: Systems are People, People are Systems

One of my most profound learnings as a youth minister was the realization -the revelation really- that my ministry was with the parents of the youth as well as the youth themselves. I needed relationships with the whole family system -or at least more of it than I had previously understood- in order to function well.