Detailed Table of Contents Downloadable PDF Here
Facing Fear: The Journey to Mature Courage
in Risk and Persecution
Introduction
Risk Definitions and Limitations
Part One: The Twenty-First Century Challenge
Chapter 1: When Your Back Is Against the Wall
From Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century
Framing the Global Reality
Defining Persecution
The Reality
Avoiding the Global Reality
Chapter 2: The Squeeze, the Smash, and the Rhomphaia
Greek Terms
Risk and Threat Terms
Threats
The Squeeze
The Smash
The Rhomphaia
Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
Our Biological Families
Collateral Violence
Part Two: Biblical Background
Chapter 3: An Introduction to a Grammar of Fear and Courage
Fear in Hebrew and Greek
The Gift of Fear
Courage in Hebrew and Greek
How to Know When You Have Enough Courage
Too Much Fear
Too Little Fear
Just the Right Amount (Situational Awareness)
Don’t Export Fear
Attachment Theory
Fear in the Body
The Courage of Cowardice
NAME Fear
The Path of Fear and Courage
How Jesus Reorders Our fears
Chapter 4: Temptations, Idols, and Ancient Heresies in Risk
Temptations in Risk and Persecution
Idolatry in Risk
Ancient Heresies in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 5: Anti-Fragile Faith
Sheep Among Wolves
Right Expectations
Uncertainty and Black Swans
Unsurprised By Failure
Worst Case Failure
Only the Wounded Can Serve
Chapter 6: Put the Candy Jar on the Lower Shelf
Discerning Reality at the Beginning
Log Frames and Human Responsibility
Discerning Meaning in Risk and Persecution
Part Three: Essentials of Decision-Making in Risk
Chapter 7: Shrewd as a Serpent
Snakes and Habitat Sinks
Kingdom Ethics
Piquah Nephesh and Other Unethical Things You’ll Never Do
Ethics and Risk Management
Duty of Care and When Staff Refuse to Evacuate
Applied Ethics
Deception vs. Truth-telling
Interrogation
Bribery and Extortion vs. Gift-giving
Paying Ransom
Risking the Lives of Adults and Children
Doves and Moral Courage
Chapter 8: Thinking about Thinking
Ways of Approaching Risk
Risk as Politics, Feelings, and Analysis
Perception of Risk
Thinking Across Cultures
Crisis vs. Non-Crisis Cultures
Dread Fear
Biases in Witness Risk
Uncover Biases in Witness Risk
Diminish Group Think
Dangerous Attitudes
Mental Mistakes People Make
Chapter 9: Risk Axioms
Risk Axiom #1: Risk is situational
Risk Axiom #2: Safety is not a feeling.
Risk Axiom #3: Severity is as severity is felt
Risk Axiom #4: Emotion can be reasonable, just as reason can be emotional
Risk Axiom #5: Risk is opportunity
Risk Axiom #6: Risk can be an offering of worship
Risk Axiom #7: Reduce uncertainty with subjective probability
Chapter 10: Becoming Shrewd as A Serpent
The Art and Phases of Situational Awareness
Determining a Baseline
The Five Senses of Observation
Coopers Colors: Levels of Awareness
Behavioral Assessment, Behavioral Threat Assessment and the Rule of Three
Means, Intent, Opportunity
Actor Mapping
Terrorist Planning Cycle
Devil’s Playground
Chapter 11: Information and Death-Threat Analysis
Information Analysis vs. Intelligence
Range of Information
Predicting the Chance of Rain
Context is King
Death-Threat Analysis
Anonymous vs. Direct Death Threats
Intimacy Effect
Chapter 12: Risk Decision-Making
Inferences and Errors
Stakeholders and Who Makes the Decision
Risk Detachment and Emotional Events
Intuition
Risk Savvy Decision-Making
“I” vs. the Group
Algorithms vs. Discernment
Practice under Pressure
Categories Influencing Decision Analysis
Chapter 13: Risk Communication and Trust
Trust
Building Trust as the Risk Communicator
Developing a Risk Communication Strategy
Cross-Cultural Communication
Four Principles of Secure Communication
PACE (Practical Hardware Communication Plan)
Cybersecurity
Information (Mis)management
Information Management Guidelines
Communication When Danger is Increasing or in an Ongoing Crisis
Additional Aspects of Risk Communication When Risk is Increasing
Chapter 14: Embracing Grief and Loss
The Suffering of Risk and Persecution
Enduring Courage in Deep Grief
Show Self-Compassion
Grief Process
The Path of Grief
Gated Grief
The 6th Stage of Grief
Chapter 15: Standing in the Tragic Gap
Infused Vs. Acquired Courage for Endurance
Stress Inoculation
Ritualized Endurance and Resiliency
Food and Water
Personal Agency
Reflection on Thinking
Tragic Humor
Find Meaning
Creativity
Empathy with God
Speaking to Our Soul
Relationships and Endurance
Endurance Under Torture
Courageously Remaining
Part Four: Leadership
Chapter 16: Systems and the Liminal Moment
Risk Literacy and Risk Savviness
Systems Thinking and Agile Cultures
RMT Before CMT in VUCA
Risk Vulnerability: Fighter Jets and Rocks
System Risk Audit
System Risk Audit Questions
Capitalize on the Liminal Moment
Chapter 17: Ten Mistakes Leaders Make
Not Changing Leadership Style
Carrying the Load of Direct Risk Management
Not Adequately Investing in Preparation
Allowing Toxic Team Members to Remain on the Team
Ineffective Communication
Holding Too Many Meetings
Continuing on at a Pre-Risk Pace
Neglecting to Emphasize Worship
Weak Personnel Selection Pracices
Trusting in, Clinging To, and Relying Upon Things Other Than God
Chapter 18: It’s Time to Member Care Job’s Wife
Authenticity in Suffering
Five Critical Principles of Member Care
Your Calling and the Balm of Gilead
Part Five: Contagious Courage
Chapter 19: Hope Like a Sewer Rat and PTSJ
The Sewer Rat
Discerning Shadows
Fear and Hope
The Cycle of Hope vs. The Cycle of Despair
Post-Traumatic Stress Joy (PTSJ)
Spiritual Demoralization
Holy-Saturday-Suffering and Hope Probabilities
Chapter 20: Mature Courage and Spiritual Nobility
Spiritual Nobility
Mature Courage
A person of mature courage knows how and when to be dangerous to evil
A person of mature courage is becoming
A person of mature courage smells a certain way
A person of mature courage is historical
A person of mature courage is “sticky”
A person of mature courage has guts
Vital Spirituality for Persecution
Walking with a Knife in your Heart
Zimbabwe Pastor’s Prayer, Martyred
Appendix A – Thresholds for Departure/Benchmarks for Return
Appendix B – Choosing to Stay
Appendix C – Risk Assessment and Management Training (RAM Training)
Acknowledgments
Witness Risk Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Index