Our fearless Catalyst director and very own blog sensei, Brad Lomenick, recently posted his November ediiton of the Young Influencer's List. Check it out here:
http://bradlomenick.com/2008/11/26/young-influencers-list-november-edition/
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all you on behalf of the entire Catalyst family,
LV
Andy Stanley recently shared how church traditions are like an old couch - when you first bought it, it was awesome and made perfect sense. Now the couch, 20 years later, doesn't work but you're holding on to it b/c it has so much meaning and memories from the past.
Are there couches in your organization that you need to get rid of?
Here's a brilliant little video that speaks to the upcoming generation and the changing mindset of America.
Generation WE: The Movement Begins... from Generation We on Vimeo
Nevermind the message, what I find interesting is the emphasis on unification, working together, etc. Upcoming generations LONG to work together and be unified, to work toward altruistic goals.
What does that mean for the Church?
I've been in Orange County for one full week now and am still getting acclimated to this west coast culture...I'm lovin' it! The crew at Mariners Church have welcomed me in as one of their own, and this past weekend I decided to attend their Sunday night service. Kyle Zimmerman, the official director of all things awesome :), told me that they were going to have a special time of worship in their new chapel that is currently under construction even as I write this.
I wasn't ready for how the Lord used this special worship time to speaks words of hope and truth...as I was standing in the back corner of the chapel I slowly realized that what i saw before me was a glimpse of what the Lord has been, and is, doing IN me. This is what I wrote when i got home Sunday night:
The Chapel, My Heart
"The foundation has been laid, the framework is established, the ground around it is tilled and mounds of dirt wait to be evened across this landscape of construction. It is not what will be. I've been told of the plans, they are amazing. But standing in the middle of it all I see is a chaotic disarray of the construction process...hints of what will be dominated by the immediate reality of all that remains to be done. Yet, even in the lack of completion there is beauty...not just in the hope of what is to come, but in the unfolding of what is becoming new. And so His promise, once again, comes crashing on the shore of hope, 'that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus!" It is not, but soon will be...the chapel, my heart."
The New Mariners Chapel
More from the OC soon...Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
LV
