2. What Color is the Grass in Your World? What Color is the Grass in Your World?

3. Paradigms and the Church Jesus Model of His Church is a Jesus Model of His Church is a PARADIGMPARADIGM Counterfeit Models of Church are Counterfeit Models of Church are PARADIGMSPARADIGMS

4. LOCALCHURCHLOCALCHURCHLOCALCHURCH CHURCHCHURCH C C H H U U R R H H COUNTERFEITCOUNTERFEIT C C AUTHENTICCHURCHAUTHENTICCHURCH YourChurchsParadigmYourChurchsParadigm

5. Paradigms Organize Explain Establish values Tell us how

6. Our Paradigms Filing systems Provide structure / rules for perceiving categorizing evaluating integrating storing / retrieving acting

12. Plans for the New Church Building As seen by ---

13. The Music Director

14. The Preacher

15. The Youth Minister

16. The Church Secretary

17. The Finance Committee

18. What Is a Paradigm ? 1. A way of thinking about things things As they ARE As they OUGHT to be As I deal with them A mental map

19. Mind-set / habit of mind Frame of reference: values, premises, convictions System for integrating information / thoughts Window-on-the-world (Weltanschauung) Guidance system Mind-set / habit of mind Frame of reference: values, premises, convictions System for integrating information / thoughts Window-on-the-world (Weltanschauung) Guidance system

20. A Paradigm is: A model A pattern An exemplar A representation A comparison A world-view A set of values, rules assumptions assumptions

21. 2. A way of doing things; Our: operating systems,operating systems, programs, plans,programs, plans, structures, organizations,structures, organizations, procedures, traditions,procedures, traditions, habits, customs, routineshabits, customs, routines operating systems,operating systems, programs, plans,programs, plans, structures, organizations,structures, organizations, procedures, traditions,procedures, traditions, habits, customs, routineshabits, customs, routines

22. A Paradigm is like: A map A blueprint A chart A diagram A plan A jigsaw puzzle A knothole Mac / Windows

24. DOS WINDOWS Apple

25. A Current Ferment of Paradigms in the World Around Us A Current Ferment of Paradigms in the World Around Us

26. Examples of Paradigms: In EducationIn Education

27. Charter Schools to look forward to Charter Schools to look forward to

28. Fundamen- talist School

29. Western Values School Western Values School

30. Afro- Academy Afro- Academy

31. Islamic Jihad Center Islamic Jihad Center

32. The Militia Insti- tute The Militia Insti- tute

33. ~ The Public School The Public School

34. Example: The Universe Flat earth / globe Sun revolves around the earth / vice versa Sun revolves around the earth / vice versa Big Bang Expanding / shrinking Creation / evolution

35. Example: political Divine right of king FeudalismFeudalism Town hall democracy SocialismSocialism CommunismCommunism BureaucracyBureaucracy RepublicansRepublicans DemocratsDemocrats

36. Examples: Etc. Science MedicineMedicine EducationEducation News / entertainment Sociology, anthropology arts, music, etc. etc. Sociology, anthropology arts, music, etc. etc.

37. ParadigmDynamics

38. PliantPliant ResistantResistant RigidRigid Dynamics of Paradigms Growth Shift Dinosaur

39. A Real LifeParable

40. The Nature of Paradigms Necessary Accurate or inaccurate Adequate or inadequate Integrated, disintegrated, or partitioned Help or hinder

41. Function unconsciously Form in groups They persist

48. Paradigms are: Individual and Collective

49. Constructing a paradigm The Biblical paradigm Espoused paradigm Working paradigm

50. The Biblical paradigm Espoused paradigm Working paradigm Evaluating a paradigm

51. Principle: Back to the Standard

52. Dream Beliefs Goals Structure Institutionalization Nostalgia Questioning Polarization Dropout X

54. An example of paradigms at work

55. TheUniverseAccordingtoPtolemy

56. Habits tied to: Physical experience Accepted theology Prevailing philosophy

57. TheUniverseAccordingtoCopernicus