Courageous Kaepernick vs. Cowardly White House: Exceptional Leadership 101

Emily Swan
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

Leadership consists of three things: calling people to an ideal — noble or otherwise, counting the cost, and managing the consequences. Exceptional leadership demands courageous sacrifice and surfaces human traits that become legendary stories. Cowardly leadership dies with the wind.

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Emily Swan

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Co-Author with Ken Wilson of Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance, and co-pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor, a progressive, fully-inclusive church. Queer.

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Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance, is the place to explore a new approach to Christianity. Emily Swan & Ken Wilson are co-pastors of Blue Ocean Faith, Ann Arbor (a2blue.org).

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