Trade Off

Started another book while still reading Missional book. Trade Off is about the "ever present tension between quality and convenience - why some things catch on an others don't". Very challenging to think 10 years in the future when technology is changing so rapidly.

Great examples from companies like Apple, Palm, Corning, Motorola, and McDonald's.

Speaking of McDonald's - there is a great article in Fast Company magazine this month about their 2.4 billion dollar makeover. The clown is taking a back seat!

Relational and Missional - Explained

So far, this is how I understand relational revision small groups. They are learning to do life together differently. They know they have a mission of putting love where love is not. Particularly when it involves relating to each other more as a family. The group chooses to do community with the presence of Christ at it's center. For example, if Bill needs a sitter for 3 yr. old Graham, he can call on anyone in the group to help him out because they are like family. He doesn't need to go out and hire a sitter.

Missional Re-creation groups are groups that get out into the neighborhood and make a difference. They actually engage with the people in their neighborhood, whether they are members of their church or not.

More to read...

Subscribing to a Feed

I have just figured out how you can subscribe to my "feed" so you can get automatic updates when I post to my blog! There is a little orange RSS button, next to a little house button, at the top of the blog. You click on the orange RSS button, and at the top of the page it asks "Do you want to subscribe to this feed?". If you click "subscribe", then you will get an automatic update notification when I update my blog.

At Adult Council was last night and we discussed doing "The Grand Sweep" which is a 365 day reading of the entire Bible. Since those who completed the New Testament Challenge have already completed 90 of those days, so I thought there might be interest in going ahead and doing the OT in the next 270 days. NOT much interest. Whew! Blogging the NT readings kept me from reading my current reading pile. I did enjoy our discussions, though.

Maybe I will just blog insights to my daily "travels". Yesterday I traveled the halls of our Preschool, talked to the preschool and mothers day out teachers, and read books to one of the classes. I loved watching the children paint and draw. I wish adults would do more of that in their classes. Our Adult groups seem to be more "informational" and "adjustment" groups instead of "relational revision" and "missional recreation". The "rhythms" of these kinds of groups are very different. I'll report more on that later.

Have a great day!

What Would You Like to Read?

I have found that knowing more about people helps me understand more about God. I have been doing Bible studies for a very long time, so I think I am going to study people for awhile.

What would you like to know about people? Would you read something that would help you understand people better? Or do you just want to understand yourself?

I would be interested in your titles for books you would read. Originality is requested!

Outsider Interviews

Reading a good book. One of the authors has an interesting webiste:
www.recycleyourfaith.com. The Outsiders Interviews book has a DVD that goes with it. Very interesting. Looks at what people outside the church think of people inside the church.