May 29 2008
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May 29 2008
the power of what if
One of the most powerful lessons learned in my recent diversity training with Steve Robbins is the power of asking the question, what if? I have applied that learning to the recent conversations about race and the emergent ( not necessarily emerging ) church. So here are some what ifs that I am pondering.
What if the mental model of those anglos emergents unwilling to address race issue doesn’t allow them to see how limited their world view is?
What if they are just interpreting race though a limited cultural lens?
What if they are just falling in intentional intolerance because they can’t see the other options and don’t have all the information?
What if they haven’t critically examined their point of view?
What if we are all trying too hard to be nice?
What if we all buy into sub-conscious cultural messages?
What if some of us are just closed minded?
What if some of us are open minded when we don’t feel attacked?
What if there are many other what if around this conversation that I can’t even come up with?
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May 29 2008
mustard seed as a metaphor for church multiplication
I came across this post a mustard seed church over at some strange ideas It has some interesting thoughts about the mustard seed being an appropriate metaphor for church growth and multiplication. Since our church Mosaic Life has been exploring possibilities of growing beyond addition I was engaged by the idea.
One of the recent challenges of around church planting and growth has been the growing sense that bigger isn’t always better. But how to stay committed to growing the church for the kingdom? I have never felt comfortable the either being a large church or a house church which are the two options that are most commonly presented. So this mustard seed church which grows to a certain size and then propagates itself through multiplication is intriguing. As much as I hate the idea of another adjective based church, this is definitely worthy of further exploration.
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May 29 2008
damned if you do and damned if you don’t
First he was criticized for not being a fighter now Obama is being criticized because his was/is a political fighter. Check out his article on CNN.
Obama played hardball in first Chicago campaign - CNN.com
The double standard strains credibility even as the nation’s “first black president” talks about his candidate wife not getting a fair shake as a woman. I don’t get it. Obama is a wimp that can’t win in one breath and a mean nasty (black) man in the next. Is that fair.
Someone (an Obama supporter) asked me if he could win I said I don’t know. I beginning to move back to my original thought that unless the mental models that we have around race and particularly black men in this country changes he can’t win.
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