Turnaround

Title: turnaround. Why? When I came to Christ, I had to make a turnaround in my life. I am in the midst of a turnaround church, and Christ is still at work turning me around to following Him more closely.

Friday, January 05, 2007

"Change" Quotes

I've been reading "Small is the New Big" by Seth Godin. I really get a kick out of his thoughts and writings, entertaining, sometimes funny, great observations and very thought provoking. Here is one of his quotes on change, and change is one of my favorite subjects.
Competent people resist change. Why? Because change threatens to make them less competent. And competent people like being competent. That's who they are, and soemtimes that's all they've got. No wonder they're not in a hurry to rock the boat.

Seth's observations could so easily apply to a church. We keep doing the same thing because we're competent, never mind that the world is constantly changing, and we're not keeping up. The church's message of the good news of Jesus doesn't change, but how we present has to change. Why is the church, serving a God called "Creator" so uncreative and slow to change?

1 Comments:

  • At 2:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The cure to this mind set is to become competent in change!

    It seems Holy Spirit is regularly taking us back to a "zero based" shakedown of our goals and intentions. This keeps us open to change and leads in new directions that He works through us.

    By the way, that is how we arrived at Crossroads! Change should be our core competency...

    Billy Cathcart

     

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