Mission Rift

Entitled Edward and Edith may be motivated by anxiety, but if so, they hide it under the auspices of long-tenured and powerful influence. By virtue of their self-proclaimed entitlement, their behavior borders

closed power systems exist by permission of the rest of the congregation.

It is an illusion to think that a person can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

High Control = High Anxiety = High Insecurity

rarely marks the spot.

on that of antagonists.

Instead of looking at the conflict’s content, we must turn our eyes to the conflict’s context.

“All objects resist changes in their state of motion—they tend to keep doing what they’re doing . . . unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.”

“A well-differentiated leader is someone who has clarity about his or her own life goals, and therefore, someone who is less likely to become lost in the anxious emotional processes . . . someone who can separate while still remaining connected . . . who can maintain a modifying, non-anxious, and sometimes challenging presence . . . who can manage