All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). (Is 7:14 NLT) The church has wrestled with how to understand this reality since its inception: God in the flesh! The longer one thinks about it, the more wondrous the implications that emerge.

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“There is a big fallacy in your train of thinking, sounds like it may have been learned at one of those institutions of 'so-called' higher learning!” This is a deflective, cheap shot that I hear frequently. Interestingly, I never promote my education in conversations; one must look at my CV, LinkedIn profile, or Academic profile to obtain that information. However, this raises an interesting question that some have actually asked and others have skirted around.

Unintended consequences, even the best approach to decision making, run the risk of creating harm for constituents and stakeholders that was not foreseen. I’ve been involved in business, nonprofit,…

Unintended consequences, even the best approach to decision making, run the risk of creating harm for constituents and stakeholders that was not foreseen. I’ve been involved in business, nonprofit, and social groups for over 50 years, and I’ve observed a correlation between the way decisions are made and the extent of damage caused by their unintended consequences. First, the degree to which key stakeholders have limited input directly corresponds to the intensity of damage and toxicity generated by the unintended consequences of a decision.

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is surrounded by people in yellow costumes

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