"So rather than allegiance to a flag or a nation I want to offer my own rendition of a pledge, one that I think the Pastor, Prophet and Poet John would give his consent to."
This is (to me) an entirely new way of looking at leadership. In this case, it's looking at engineering positions, though it would just as profoundly transform design teams, or probably any other kind of team. It's a way to take advantage of leaders without taking them away from what they do well, and this is unique in the business world.
"If the church were to focus on entering into relationship with the poor instead of merely having compassion for the poor or instead of working for justice for the poor, then the church could learn from the poor."
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.