Part of the Tribes: A Group Blogging Project by Church Crunch based on the book Tribes by Seth Godin.

The Posture of a Leader

This is the bottom line of a leader of a tribe. If the leader doesn’t get the message across, then it’s the leader’s fault, not the fault of the listener. If the leader’s call to action doesn’t occur, then it’s the leader’s fault. In more of a ministry application: if your sermon is putting people to sleep, it’s your fault. If people feel unwelcomed in your church, then it’s your fault. If the community around you isn’t impacted by your church and feels as though your church is just taking up space, then it’s your fault. Let’s quit blaming our people for not making the best decision and train them instead. Let’s quit wondering why people are unmotivated and lead them by example. Let’s quit trying to figure out why you don’t have much influence and instead listen to your people.

Switching Trbes

Where are the people going to come from to join your tribe? It’s our normal inclination to attract people like us. It’s easy to do and it’s comfortable. But it’s the people on the fringe that will add to your tribe. It’s the marginalized people. It’s people on the outside. We need to interact with people not like us, not the popular ones, not the ones who already have an agenda. Often we have misunderstood who our neighbor is when God commands to love him and love our neighbor. Our neighbor is one who is on the fringe. You reach the marginalized and you will reach the masses. That’s what Jesus did.

Not Now, Not Yet

Do you have an idea that would take your organization to the next level? Do you have a vision that would completely change the way you do things for the better? Then your biggest enemy to making it happen isn’t the opposition or the road blocks you may face, but you telling yourself “not yet.” As John Maxwell says, “there are those leaders who have a great idea and they get ready, they aim, aim, aim aim…” At some point you have to pull the trigger before the target it long gone.

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“The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you’ll go.”
~ Dr. Seuss ~

I just got my Catalyst Filter box the other day and I’m excited to start reading them. I must say, the love of reading broadens your mind, keeps yourself in perspective (in humility), and encourages your heart to keep growing. Someone once told me, “becareful of the man who does not like to read.”

I’m first reading Run with the Bulls Without Getting Trampled by Tim Irwin and Life Giving Mentors by Tim Elmore.

What are you reading?

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Things are changing fast to say the least. Our country is changing fast. Technology is changing fast. Communication is changing fast. Information is changing fast. Are people changing fast? Should they? I don’t think it’s possible to keep up with change (for whatever that means). So what do we do? I know what we can’t do. We can’t live in the future and we can’t dwell in the past. If we do, we won’t keep up with the present.

Some people have one foot in the future and one foot in the past and they’re just pissing on the present.

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Check this out:

This kind of technology is what can change the world. You see, third world countries don’t have electricity. This means a multitude of humanitarian problems. For one, you can’t transport some vaccinations without refrigeration for great distances. Second, you can’t store perishable foods which means that disease can be transmitted this way. And third (and not likely to be solved without electricity), is that high volume food production is not possible without refrigeration. Nonetheless, this is the kind of technology that has huge global development ramifications.

Do you take refridgeration for granted?

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