A few months ago I was in a circle of thought leaders that included Skye Jethani, one of the editors at Christianity Today and author of a recent book called The Divine Commodity.
Here was the most important observation of the entire day of dialogue with 16 other leaders:
Church leaders don't need more resources or motivation - they need to re-ignite their imagination!!!
- How many events do we go to get "pumped up" and what kind of change has that brought to our collective leadership lives?
- How many resources has the collective church utilized that has led to only pre-packaged thinking and photocopied vision?
- Where and when will you as a leader engage your imagination and dream about what God may uniquely do through your life and ministry?
Here are two links you may enjoy if you resonate with this observation and related questions?
First is a great blog entry from Ed Stetzer interviewing Skye
Second is NOT another conference (motivation) or resource but a collaborative experience designed to stretch your imagination like it has never been stretched. It is a "continuous laboratory" of 6 coaching sessions within a 6 month window. We call it Vision co::Lab. In these six sessions, 8 church leadership teams will get pushed to articulate a stunningly unique vision for their churches. We are hosting these in 16 cities in 2009. Check it out.