In the first part of this article I explored something of what makes us the amazing people we are; how, when awakened, we become “forces of nature.” The bigger question for this column is: How can an awakened person live in an inherited or denominational church?

A LONG WAY TO GO AND THE F WORD
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By now most of you have seen James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, AVATAR.
The night I saw it I knew this movie would strike a chord with large audiences worldwide. I tweeted that anyone who saw the movie was going to want to live on Pandora, the home planet of the 10-foot tall, blue skinned Na´vi.

The Na´vi [...]

What is our point?  And by that question I mean to ask, where are we going?  What are we moving towards?  Is there a destination that we have clearly defined?

Have you ever reflected on your life and realized that at some point along your path you’ve forgotten what you set out to do?  Maybe you [...]

Every one of us, at one point or another, have come to a place of reflection with the conclusion “I should have taken more time to make that decision.”  Usually we arrive here because we realize in the present that while making the decisions that led to this place, we weren’t thinking of the future.  [...]

In this first of a two-part article, we continue our exploration of what it means to be a force of nature (more specifically, a force of creation), and begin to look at how this happens.

10,000 HOURS
In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell busts some myths surrounding those really talented people who seem to appear out of [...]

Thinking about the “future of  mission” (or of anything for that matter) requires imagination.

A couple of decades ago I began to collect ideas and images of the future. One of several descriptors I used to paint portraits of the future was this:

We all have varying opinions about competition.  Some want nothing to do with at all.  Some think a healthy dose of it is just what every day needs. Who you are depends on how you see it.  But not only how you see it, also how you react to it.  If competition has not been [...]

The gospel within human frameworks — We tend to use the term “human” in the negative: “Well, he’s only human.”
But what if we added to our mental vistas of humanity a positive idea of what it means to be human.

I know this is a stretch for many of you because we so often think [...]

Navigating the Maelstrom…of Missional Leadership in Traditional Settings – I am listening to a podcasted Q&A session with Erwin McManus and UK church leaders as I write. One person asks: How do you go about discerning how you can make the best contribution [with your life]?

Erwin’s reply is basically: focus on the things you [...]

Have you ever stood on the edge of a pool and told yourself you are going to jump in?  Then you tell yourself you will jump in when you count to 3.  1…2…3….well, maybe when you count to 10.  Deciding to do something and doing something are two different things.  Very often between the decision [...]