Tuesday, May 29
Powerfully possessed by one idea…
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea. He should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express. -My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim PotokAs I had mentioned last week I spent 3 ½ days in Chicago last week with New Thing Network. It was a great time of connecting and reconnecting with those in NTN and CCC.
Wednesday was spent planning out the Big Idea for the next year, September through August. The process is detailed on Dave Ferguson’s blog
This Big Idea thing really works…I have been a proponent of this approach to large worship gatherings for years. Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson & Eric Bramlett have written a great book about this concept and the process that follows… The Big Idea
If you are in the process of thinking, planning & dreaming about what’s next in terms of teaching for your faith community this next fall (which if you haven’t started the process your behind, get on it) you gotta get this book.
A couple of quotes…”This book is all about one of those simple but not easy solutions for accomplishing the mission that Jesus gave to His church”, “This a rant against churches (and businesses) that don’t discipline themselves to create experiences that convey and challenge people with one Big Idea at a time. Why? Because the lack of clarity that we give our people impedes the church’s ability to accomplish the mission of Jesus. ‘More’ results in less clarity.”
I’d like to include more quotes and ideas but this post is going to be too long anyway… The book is a tremendous look at both the philosophical and the practical approach to implementing the Big Idea into a faith community.
See, you must know this about me…I believe teaching is an art…(one of the first things that excited me about the NTN/CCC culture was the fact that they treated it as such).
I don’t understand how we have failed to see and understand this… Why have we taken the ‘art’ out of teaching? When did we stop working at the craft…developing the art…understanding that the power of one idea can change the world? At what point did teaching & preaching lose its soul?
Rob Bell said this: “I want to rescue preaching. I believe it’s an art form and I want to rescue it back from the scientists and the analysts. I want to see the poets and the prophets and the artists grab the microphone and say great things about God and the revolution. I think a whole art form has been lost that needs to be recaptured, a grand ambition for the art of preaching.”
Mark Nelson at 8:19 AM 0comments