Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function.

There are some branches that are closed, but as I said 90% are still open.

Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.

A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.

New vulnerabilities are continually uncovered, and systems are configured or used in ways that make them open to attack.

We grow in part by confessing our faults and weaknesses to each other (James 5:16; Eccl. 4:10). If we are always being strong and without needs, we are not growing, and we are setting ourselves up for a very dangerous fall.