Leading through non-action . . .

Last week as I was teaching some Evangelical Christian students the "world religion" of Taoism (actually, more of a "natural law" philosophy than a true religion), we talked some about Taoism's preference for the "yin" side of the cosmos. We talked about how Confucianism, also more of a philosophy than a religion was more "yang" (i.e. male, active, penetrating, etc.) and that Taoism was more rooted in "yin" (i.e. female, passive, withdrawing, etc.).

Although views in the class ranged concerning both how much "yin" and "yang" could summarize Confucianism and Taoism, the majority response was nonetheless, that yes, Taoism is more "yin" than Confucianism is.

In some ways, perhaps we Americans need to reclaim the "yin" aspects of Rulership. Sadly, the American view of "femininity" is something generally quite grotesque as it is often rooted in "the right" to kill one's babies through abortion, trying to be on top of men through feminist ideology (very unfeminine actually) and also through celebrating pre-marital sex as the end-all-be-all of existence.

In contrast to a baby-killing, feminist ideological, sex-at-all-costs women's lib in the Western sense, the Asian cultural emphasis on femininity is quite different. "Yin" in many ways would be similar to the "negative electric charge" in electromagnetic energy and thus not necessarily "better" than male energy, but just the opposite.

This type of discreet, feminine, "yin" leadership style should perhaps enter the professional realms more. In days past, in order to succeed either academically or governmentally, many women have attempted to be "more manly" in leading, rather than more feminine.

Here, the problem with feminism truly drew out the worst qualities in women, essentially causing women to associate "being female" with the "right to murder" rather than with the beautiful act of giving birth and raising children. Similarly, rather than viewing femininity as a complement to male leadership styles that are more assertive, etc., instead this fallen femininity of the post 1960's sexual revolution set femininity against all things manly.

This musn't be the case, however. Just recently, a staunch Catholic woman made the comment about how "manly" I was, and I was absolutely floored because usually being manly has been associated with being anti-women which is not the case at all. Because this staunch Catholic woman could see the Virtues of Christian manhood, we could associate quite well together and I could affirm her Virtues of Christian womanhood as a woman.

In many ways, perhaps what America needs rather than a "female President" (Hillary Clinton), is instead a GROUP of committed STRONG Christian men and women who will WORK TOGETHER in Jesus Christ to Re-Build America according to Christian Virtue.

Blessings in Jesus,
Rob J. King, Man looking for a Few Good Women to Help LEAD America