“The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation that allows them to enter into a deep solidarity with the anguish underlying all the glitter of success, and to bring the light of Jesus there.”
What would see if our church were truly missional?
I have followed Bill Easum for years…like 20 maybe. I remember attending a conference he spoke out where he was hitting some of the points from his (then) recent book Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers, which came out in 1995. It’s nice to see he’s still trying to kick the church forward as I stumbled …
I think I run hot and cold here. Sometimes I overestimate the role of the pulpit in the ministry of the church. I preach, and (I think) it’s pretty good–inspired even–and it seems like the preaching has fallen on deaf ears. Even as people “looked” engaged during the sermon, the end result was no change …
That quote is from Mike Tyson describing why he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear during a boxing match. I don’t quote it here as an excuse to go around biting ears, but rather as a call to adaptive leadership. See, ministry is full of plans. As I write this I’m looking at Fall Scheduling and our …
Missional Field Notes 