PRINTED RESOURCES

Seeing Things Whole offers the following resources currently available for use in exploring the intersection of faith, work, and organizational life. If you would like to order any of these materials, print out and complete the Order Form [PDF] (12 KB) and mail it to us with your payment. All prices listed below include postage and handling.

Some of these documents are also available in PDF format to review the entire text prior to purchase or print your own copy. 

Resources for work with organizations and those seeking to hold them in trust:

Thinkpiece #1
Questions and Issues Surrounding A Theology of Institutions.
11 pages. By Dick Broholm  [In PDF (22KB)]  Cost $5.00

 

Thinkpiece #2
Assumptions Underlying the Work on A Theology of Institutions.
16 pages. By Dick Broholm and David Specht.[In PDF (32KB)]  Cost $5.00 

 

Thinkpiece #3
Theological Reflections on Institutions.
27 pages. By Dick Broholm and David Specht  [In PDF (61KB)]   Cost $8.00

 

STW Thinkpiece Series

This is a set of all three Seeing Things Whole Thinkpieces exploring the assumptions underlying the development of  STW's effort to develop a theological approach to understanding and engaging organizational life.   Cost $15.00

 

Threefold Model of Organizational Life
Based on the theological paradigm of the threefold office of Christ, this piece introduces readers to a threefold understanding of organizational life with theological roots.

6 pages. By Dick Broholm and David Specht. [In PDF (163KB)]   Cost $5.00

 

Values Finding Focus in Organizational Life 
A workbook designed to assist organizational leaders to work with STW’s threefold model of organizational life in describing a challenge facing the organization.

10 pages. By David Specht. Cost $5.00

Theological and Biblical Perspectives on 
Organizational Life:

The following resources are available for use by those sharing an interest in our inquiry into faith, work, and organizational life:

Haunted by the Holy: Reflecting Theologically on Organizational Life

The first in a series of theological reflections on organizational life. 

3 pages. By Mick Comstock. [In PDF (29KB)]    Cost $4.00

Speaking of God: Functional Theism in Organizational Life

The second in a series of theological reflections on organizational life. These reflections emerge in part out of the authors conversations with colleagues in some of STW's action-research organizations , organizational leaders are seeking to implement use of explicit values as a way of supporting faithful organizational performance.  

3 pages. By Mick Comstock. [In PDF (32KB)]    Cost $4.00

Speaking of God Loving

The third in a series of theological reflections exploring the intersection of biblical stories with stories of organizational life. In this installment, the author invites us to explore in greater depth the theological meanings which might be contained in the provocative assertion the God loves organizations. 

4 pages. By Mick Comstock. [In PDF (14KB)]    Cost $4.00

Truing Our Lives: Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Organizational Stories and Bible Stories

The fourth in a series of theological reflections on organizational life, this one exploring an experience of permitting organizational stories and biblical stories to read to one another.  

7 pages. By David Specht and Mick Comstock. [In PDF (26KB)]   Cost $7.00 

Haunted by the Holy Series:

This is a set of all four of Mick Comstock's reflections on the intersection of faith and organizational life: Haunted by the Holy, Speaking of God, Speaking of God Loving, and Truing Our Lives. Cost $15.00

Historical Perspectives on the Development of a Theology of Organizational Life:

The following resources explore the historical underpinnings of the effort to explore faith and organizational life:

Toward a Theology of Institutions 
This essay, published by the Greenleaf Center as part of their Voices of Servant-Leadership series, carefully explores Robert K. Greenleaf's call for a "theology of institutions," and his conviction about the important role that religious congregations and seminaries might play in developing organizational trust around the exercise of their power and prerogative. 

35 pages. By David Specht with Richard Broholm   Cost $8.00

Early Influences on an Exploration of the Intersection of Faith and Organizational Life

This essay explores influences emerging during the 1930's, 40's, and 50's which shape STW's inquiry into the lively intersection of faith and organizational life. 

19 pages. By David Specht. [In PDF (48KB)]  Cost $9.00

Trustees of the Universe: Recovering the Whole Ministry of the People of God

This second in a series reflections exploring the shaping of influences on STW's inquiry into the lively intersection of faith and organizational life. This essay reflects on Jitsuo Morikawa's prophetically inclusive vision of ministry as a window into the development of our theological understanding of institutions during the 1960's, 70's, and early 80's.

22 pages. By Dick Broholm. [In PDF (86 KB)]    Cost $9.00

Tracing the Development of a Theology of Institutions

This is a set of both essays exploring the influences which have shaped STW's inquiry into the intersection of faith and organizational life. Includes one copy each of Early Influences on an Exploration of the Intersection of Faith and Organizational Life and Trustees of the Universe.  Cost $17.00

Seeing Things Whole Resource Compendium

This collection includes many of the resources listed above along with previously unpublished papers on the theology of institutions, STW's three-fold model of organizational life, and case studies of organizations seeking to integrate spirituality with their management practices and decision-making.

431 pages.  Cost $99.95

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