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The Unexamined Organization

by Dr. Jay Gary, Jun 9, 2004

From board rooms to back rooms, from main streets to side streets, today’s organizations are faced with constant change. Leaders are confronted with dilemmas that demand the Wisdom of Solomon. How can jobs be outsourced to meet budgets, when community resistance to globalization is increasing? How can employee […]

Christianity as a Global Threat?

by Jay Gary, Dec 3, 2007

After 9/11 there was alot of talk about the threat of radical Islam, but recently, the subject in America has moved to the threat of right-wing Christianity. In this blog post, emergent church leader Brian McLaren addresses this threat, and talks about how his latest book reveals a growing […]

Does Religion and the Future Mix?

by Jay Gary, PhD, Apr 3, 2005

Have you ever felt that you were apart of two worlds, neither which talk to each other? That world might be two sets of inlaws or two sets of friends. The world of religion and the future are like that. Like two-ships that pass one another in the […]

The Ministry Futures Report

by Jay Gary, Jul 22, 2003

How can our ministries develop leaders that have fluency with a changing and complex future?

Thirteen Christian leaders gathered in San Francisco on July 20-21, 2003 to examine how to raise up leaders of vision, creativity and foresight, through both formal and informal training. The participants represented theological think-tanks, […]

Does Faith Have a Future?

by Dr Jay Gary, Feb. 28, 2003

No matter who you are, whatever your spiritual background, you have probably asked yourself, What is the future of faith? What role will religion and spirituality play in our world 25, 50, or 200 years from now?

I am a professional futurist. I earn my living by […]

Future-Proof Your Life

by Jay Gary, Feb 15, 2000

Here are five steps you can take to develop a forward view your life and ministry:

Approach the new century in faith Track the trends that will shape the next three decades Identify alternative scenarios facing your region Envision all that the church could be in your society Develop […]

Futurizing Theological Education

by Jay Gary, PhD, Mar. 2, 2003

I just turned in a proposal to the Evangelical Theological Society to speak at their November 2003 meeting in Atlanta, on this subject of “Futurizing Theological Education: case studies in foresight.”

Here is the ETS proposal, so you can get the drift of why evangelicals need to change […]

The Wisdom of Jesus & Societal Crises

by Jay Gary, PhD, Aug 30, 2004

You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.” Matthew 16:3

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Drawing on Bekker’s (2004) inner textual analysis of Matthew 16:13-28, the “confession and rebuke of Peter,” Jay Gary explores the leadership of Jesus related to societal […]