Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. That's just annoying.
Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
JM
Showing posts with label seth godin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seth godin. Show all posts
3.16.2008
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is a genius. I love this quote:
6.11.2007
Matthew 21:12-17
Well, if the religious leaders weren't mad enough at Jesus yet, he figured he'd up the ante on them. Pretty cool scene where Jesus goes into the temple and does some screaming and yelling. Then immediately afterward, people are coming up to him to be healed and little children are singing his praises. This kind of shows two things: First that Jesus wasn't all that scary of a guy even when he was turning over tables and yelling, and second that most of the people felt that the money changers and the people selling sacrifices were shady. They wanted to do what Jesus did, but they didn't have the guts.
So what am I too afraid to do because of the establishment? I'm not sure, but I think the lesson from this passage is to quit caring what the ramifications of an action will be and do it if it is God-inspired.
Seth Godin talked about that today on his blog referencing the moment when most people blink/pause to think about the situation. Jesus didn't do that. He just reacted. JM
So what am I too afraid to do because of the establishment? I'm not sure, but I think the lesson from this passage is to quit caring what the ramifications of an action will be and do it if it is God-inspired.
Seth Godin talked about that today on his blog referencing the moment when most people blink/pause to think about the situation. Jesus didn't do that. He just reacted. JM
2.10.2007
Any Questions?
Seth Godin has a great post about what he calls "sheepwalking", which he defines "as the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them a braindead job and enough fear to keep them in line."
It's a great post about how as a society we train people to not question things or think for themselves. We do this a lot in student ministry. We tell students about God, tell them to love Jesus, and never let them find out things on their own.
I don't think that we need to let kids screw their lives up by making tons of mistakes, but I think their is an incredible amount of power in helping students make their faith their own. We don't like to do it, though because we are so scared that students may choose something else. I'd rather take that chance and have 10 students who really know what they believe and care about it than have 1,000 who just say they do because that's what they were told. JM
It's a great post about how as a society we train people to not question things or think for themselves. We do this a lot in student ministry. We tell students about God, tell them to love Jesus, and never let them find out things on their own.
I don't think that we need to let kids screw their lives up by making tons of mistakes, but I think their is an incredible amount of power in helping students make their faith their own. We don't like to do it, though because we are so scared that students may choose something else. I'd rather take that chance and have 10 students who really know what they believe and care about it than have 1,000 who just say they do because that's what they were told. JM
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