{"id":675,"date":"2011-10-25T04:04:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T03:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=675"},"modified":"2011-10-25T04:04:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T03:04:30","slug":"follow-the-leader-african-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/10\/25\/follow-the-leader-african-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Leader &#8211; African style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_677\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/One-friend-in-the-chain-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-677\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/One-friend-in-the-chain-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/One-friend-in-the-chain-comp.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/One-friend-in-the-chain-comp-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One &quot;cute&quot; little friend playing Follow the Leader<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>I was called outside not long ago to look at this amazing &#8220;chain&#8221; of caterpillers.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_680\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-chain-got-a-bit-confused.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-chain-got-a-bit-confused.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-chain-got-a-bit-confused.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-chain-got-a-bit-confused-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As they came off the tree they got a bit confused and made some loops.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0As we watched they blindly followed the one in front to wherever the first was going, it reminded me of how we as people, often follow the dictates of our culture blindly.\u00a0 We just go where the &#8220;train&#8221; is taking us, instead of looking at what that might mean.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_676\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-leader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-676\" class=\"size-full wp-image-676\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-leader.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-leader.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/The-leader-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The leader - does he\/she know where they are going?<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>This group climbed a\u00a0tree,\u00a0came back down and then headed into the grass.\u00a0 Not sure where their leader was taking them, but if one got out of the chain it had to fight to get back in.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_678\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/Oops-lost-my-connection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-678\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/Oops-lost-my-connection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/Oops-lost-my-connection.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/10\/Oops-lost-my-connection-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oops - lost my connection<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>I wonder what we could learn from this caterpiller chain?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=675&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I was called outside not long ago to look at this amazing &#8220;chain&#8221; 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