Comments on: Church Busyness http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html A place for musings and redemptive questions to help us follow God's lead Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Steve Bradley http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html/comment-page-1#comment-23 Steve Bradley Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:31:00 +0000 http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html#comment-23 Keith -- thanks.<br/><br/>Anonymous -- I like your thoughts here -- too often vision statements can be lofty one liners that actually undermine a real vision for what God would have us do -- which isn't always glamorous. That's why I like Mancini's definition of vision in Church Unique, as "a living language that anticipates and illustrates God's better immediate future." <br/><br/>It's not a static statement then, but rather a developing Polaroid picture -- a treasure chest of stories, phrases, ideas, and metaphors that can be shared and expanded as God inspires people in community to pursue a common mission.<br/><br/>A real vision from God connects people to his mission for them -- so their faithfulness isn't to a personality, a building, programs, or a bank account -- it's to the missional mandate God has placed in their heart. That's what inspires me to plod along, even when I'm not always "feeling it." :) Keith — thanks.

Anonymous — I like your thoughts here — too often vision statements can be lofty one liners that actually undermine a real vision for what God would have us do — which isn’t always glamorous. That’s why I like Mancini’s definition of vision in Church Unique, as “a living language that anticipates and illustrates God’s better immediate future.”

It’s not a static statement then, but rather a developing Polaroid picture — a treasure chest of stories, phrases, ideas, and metaphors that can be shared and expanded as God inspires people in community to pursue a common mission.

A real vision from God connects people to his mission for them — so their faithfulness isn’t to a personality, a building, programs, or a bank account — it’s to the missional mandate God has placed in their heart. That’s what inspires me to plod along, even when I’m not always “feeling it.” :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html/comment-page-1#comment-22 Anonymous Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:01:00 +0000 http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html#comment-22 What you say resonates in me. I see problems beginning with vision and mission statements. They are devoid of humility and perspective. Too often, they are about conquering the world for Christ in our lifetime. Much of this is a resiliant and somewhat morphed triumphalism that works its way unawares into church work mentality. Passion is great when it happens, but faithful plodding wins the day! What you say resonates in me. I see problems beginning with vision and mission statements. They are devoid of humility and perspective. Too often, they are about conquering the world for Christ in our lifetime. Much of this is a resiliant and somewhat morphed triumphalism that works its way unawares into church work mentality. Passion is great when it happens, but faithful plodding wins the day!

]]> By: Keith http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Keith Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/church-busyness.html#comment-19 well said, Steve. very well said. well said, Steve. very well said.

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