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 ===== Paradigm Shift ===== ===== Paradigm Shift =====
  
-People of the Air (Beyond the Crossroads, p. 116)+  * People of the Air (//Beyond the Crossroads,// p. 116ff)
  
 > {{  :stickandrudder.png?200}}[We look] into the world of aviation for an image that may be helpful for understanding the magnitude of the evolution taking place in religious life and the dynamics of the shift we are making. flight has figured in the imagination of people since primeval times, as is evident in early mythology, and human beings finally broke the bonds of earth a century ago. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that aviation moved beyond a few experimental flights and we took to the air in ever growing numbers. Wolfgang Langewiesche, a german immigrant to the united states, was an early aviator and journalist. He remains one of the most quoted authors in the field of aviation and many contemporary aviators still revere his 1944 book, //Stick and Rudder//. He writes: > {{  :stickandrudder.png?200}}[We look] into the world of aviation for an image that may be helpful for understanding the magnitude of the evolution taking place in religious life and the dynamics of the shift we are making. flight has figured in the imagination of people since primeval times, as is evident in early mythology, and human beings finally broke the bonds of earth a century ago. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that aviation moved beyond a few experimental flights and we took to the air in ever growing numbers. Wolfgang Langewiesche, a german immigrant to the united states, was an early aviator and journalist. He remains one of the most quoted authors in the field of aviation and many contemporary aviators still revere his 1944 book, //Stick and Rudder//. He writes:
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 ===== Institution to Ecosystem ===== ===== Institution to Ecosystem =====
 +  * Introduction (//Beyond the Crossroads,// p. xvi)
 {{  :inst2eco.png?200}} We are in a time of changes in society, the church, and religious life. We can understand the process in the wider world as a shift from institution to ecosystem, requiring a corresponding shift in our identity and in our way of doing community, spirituality, and mission. The overlapping circles of community will help to provide the resilience we need to nurture this evolutionary process.  {{  :inst2eco.png?200}} We are in a time of changes in society, the church, and religious life. We can understand the process in the wider world as a shift from institution to ecosystem, requiring a corresponding shift in our identity and in our way of doing community, spirituality, and mission. The overlapping circles of community will help to provide the resilience we need to nurture this evolutionary process. 
  
 ===== VUCA ===== ===== VUCA =====
-{{ :vuca1.png?250}} Over the last one hundred years, our social context has changed, and the particular expression of religious life that had rapidly expanded and served generations of Catholic immigrants has struggled to keep pace with these changes. The broader church has likewise struggled with the same issues, but the contours of the struggle and the response have differed from those of women religious. For both religious life and for the wider church, living the timeless elements of faith within the time-bound circumstances in which we find ourselves is an ongoing challenge. In describing today’s increasingly multilateral world some use the acronym VUCA, signifying //volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.// +  * VUCA (//Beyond the Crossroads,// p. 49ff) 
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 +{{ :vuca1.png?300}} Over the last one hundred years, our social context has changed, and the particular expression of religious life that had rapidly expanded and served generations of Catholic immigrants has struggled to keep pace with these changes. The broader church has likewise struggled with the same issues, but the contours of the struggle and the response have differed from those of women religious. For both religious life and for the wider church, living the timeless elements of faith within the time-bound circumstances in which we find ourselves is an ongoing challenge. In describing today’s increasingly multilateral world some use the acronym VUCA, signifying //volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.// 
   * Volatility marks our world’s increasing rate of change across diverse fields.    * Volatility marks our world’s increasing rate of change across diverse fields. 
   * Uncertainty is pervasive in our society as many unknown and varied factors influence issues and events.    * Uncertainty is pervasive in our society as many unknown and varied factors influence issues and events. 
   * Complexity points to the multi-dimensional organizations that are at play in our world, responding in unpredictable ways to situations as they arise.      * Complexity points to the multi-dimensional organizations that are at play in our world, responding in unpredictable ways to situations as they arise.   
   *Ambiguity is the resultant obscurity as many players engage in increasingly frenetic activity, churning against one another.    *Ambiguity is the resultant obscurity as many players engage in increasingly frenetic activity, churning against one another. 
-{{ :vuca2.png?250}}These conditions call for a new set of skills and strategies. Because the inner dynamics of human society point to the continuation of the archetype of religious life, it is possible for religious life to meet the challenges posed by today’s VUCA context. What is required is that today’s religious communities open themselves to ongoing evolution while continuing to witness to the timeless. +{{ :vuca2.png?300}}These conditions call for a new set of skills and strategies. Because the inner dynamics of human society point to the continuation of the archetype of religious life, it is possible for religious life to meet the challenges posed by today’s VUCA context. What is required is that today’s religious communities open themselves to ongoing evolution while continuing to witness to the timeless. 
  
  
  
  
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