I believe this position will encourage the gifts for ministry and servant leadership style in new and exciting ways in the midst of change, transition, chaos. I am convinced that our gracious God creates out of chaos and that laity and clergy in the Faith Community are called to be co-creators with God. Herman Haller was born and raised in Texas. He and his wife Oletha have three children and four grandchildren. He talked about systems thinking and the work of Peter Senge's book The Fifth Discipline .
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes.
It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static 'snapshots'. The answer to that question can come about only to the degree that settings of the church are willing to engage in a serious process of study, reflection, discernment, action. The Executive Committee accepted responsibility for initiating the process.