A Phenomenological Study of the Impact of the Extrovert Ideal on Introverted Senior Pastors

Susan Cain (2012) coins the term Extrovert Ideal. According to her, this ideal is the notion that extroversion is the preferred personality type in North American culture. This ideal extends to leadership where the best leaders are expected to exhibit extroverted personality traits. The Extrovert Ideal can be problematic for introverted leaders who may not fit the typical stereotype of the ideal leader. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the impact of the Extrovert Ideal for introverted senior pastors who lead churches within the NorthStar Church Network located in northern Virginia. The data collection for this study included semi-structured interviews with ten senior pastors who are introverts according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment and have been senior pastors for at least three years. The desired outcome of the study was a deeper understanding of the impact of the Extrovert Ideal on the leadership of introverted senior pastors. The following five main conclusions were drawn from the research: the Extrovert Ideal is not detrimental to the leadership of introverted senior pastors, the Extrovert Ideal depends in part on whom one follows in leadership, introverted senior pastors need times of rest and recharging, introverted senior pastors need to extend grace to themselves, and communicating with clarity can help mitigate some of the implications of the Extrovert Ideal. These findings may be beneficial for church leaders, congregants, church hiring committees, and anyone wanting to better understand how the Extrovert Ideal impacts introverted church leaders. The church benefits when introverts and extroverts alike lead from the unique personality that God has gifted to them

Last Footprints Green Burial Final Report

Green burial, an environmentally conscious approach to the interment of human remains, has gained traction globally as a sustainable alternative to conventional burial practices. Traditional burials, characterized by embalming and the use of non-biodegradable materials, contribute to resource consumption and environmental degradation. In response, green burial promotes practices that prioritize ecological conservation, such as refraining from embalming, using biodegradable caskets or shrouds, and minimizing land disturbance. This report details the work of three Bucknell University ENST 411 students researching green burial opportunities and awareness in Central Pennsylvania, and their work with a community partner, Farida Zaid, to lay the foundations of a non-profit organization aimed at promoting and developing green burial locally as well as providing resources for the public in order to facilitate positive end-of-life conversations and planning. These efforts include extensive literature review of topics relating to all aspects of green burial and aging processes, developing an image and online presence for the organization ‘Last Footprints’, and assisting in the process of land acquisition for a future green burial site

A new defense of abortion

This dissertation is a new defense of the moral permissibility of abortion. The first chapter gives definitions, methodology, and an overview of the current abortion debate. The first chapter also addresses the Benefit of the Doubt Argument, which says that abortion should be treated as morally wrong on the chance that the anti-abortion position is correct and abortion is murder. This argument fails because it assumes a counterintuitive standard of doubt and parallel arguments outside of the abortion debate fail. The second chapter defends Judith Jarvis Thomson\u27s pro-abortion violinist argument against the Responsibility Objection, which says that a woman who becomes pregnant due to voluntary intercourse is responsible for the need of the fetus for her body and so cannot have a morally permissible abortion. The Responsibility Objection is circular because abortion fails to meet this responsibility only if abortion is already morally wrong, so the Responsibility Objection fails. The third chapter addresses the arguments of Patrick Lee and Francis Beckwith that abortion is morally wrong because fetuses are human substances with an essential right to life. These arguments fail because they cannot handle cases involving stored IVF zygotes or creating or transferring consciousness. In these cases the human substance proposal either is shown to support the pro-abortion position rather than the anti-abortion position or has highly implausible ethical implications that make it almost certainly false. The final chapter addresses the argument of Don Marquis that abortion is morally wrong because it robs fetuses of their valuable futures. This argument fails because the nature of time limits the plausible interpretations of what it means to rob a fetus of its future. Either the future is real, or it is not. If the future is real, then this argument gives wrong answers when applied outside of the abortion debate. If the future is not real, then this argument reduces to the argument addressed in the third chapter that abortion is morally wrong because a fetus is a human substance. The overall conclusion is that the pro-abortion position is stronger and the anti-abortion position is much weaker than is usually believed

Als der weyland Hoch-Edelgebohrne Herr Heinrich Andreas Fricke, Hoch-Fürstl. Schwartzbl. hochbestallt-gewesener Berg-Rath, wie auch Hochgräfl. Stolbergl. gemeinschafftl. Berg-Inspector, Nach ausgestandener schweren Kranckheit in der siebenden Woche den 13. Jun. 1742. in Seinen Erlöser im 73. Jahre seines Alters sanft und seelig entschlief, und darauf den 17. ejusdem in die hiesige St. Martini-Kirche des Abends beygesetzet wurde, Wolte dem Wohlseeligen mit diesen wenigen Zeilen begleiten und gegen das sämtl. schmertzlich-betrübte Trauer-Hauß sein schuldigstes Mitleyden bezeigen D. Liebegott Michael Chalybæus

Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Stolberg, Druckts Joh. Christoph Ehrhart, Gräfl. Hof-Buchdr

Kolloquium zur Restaurierung umweltgeschaedigter historischer Ratslaubensteine einschliesslich praktischer Massnahmen in Halberstadt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: F04B309 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDeutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Osnabrueck (Germany)DEGerman