Thoughts from the Origins Event
eric posted on April 23, 2009
Origins was a great event! Below are some helpful thoughts from the day:
“The best way to keep money from being an idol in our lives is to give much of it away, often” – Deb Hirsch
“Beauty is rarely more pure as when it passes from one culture to another.” – Alex McManus
“Do you want to BE important or DO something important?” Mark Batterson
“Who we are in crisis is who we really are” – David Arcos on chaotic leadership
Erwin is often asked, “How do engage the world?” The better question: “What have you done to disengage the world?”
“Church world = 1st space. Marketplace = 2nd space. We can only enter the 3rd space by invitation because of quality of your work.” – Erwin McManus
Eric Bryant shared in a breakout about allowing people to belong before they believe.
Some thoughts included:
Cause creates community. Jesus invited us to follow Him for what we can give not what we can get (Mt. 4:19).
The early church “praised God AND enjoyed the favor of all the people” because they were known as people who met the needs of others (Acts 2:47).
For the rest of the notes, send an email to eric@mosaic.org with “Belonging Before Believing Notes” as the subject.
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Can someone post or send me Erwin’s comment about operating well in the third space may cause people in the first space to reject us? (Or something to that effect) also would love to see some discussion around that concept.
Terri: I don’t remember the exact quote, but you are along the right track.
Just looking at Jesus and Paul, they seemed to have a different reception from the religious leaders as they did from the tax collectors, prostitutes, etc..
“We moniter what people care about – not what they believe.” – Hank
“Nothing we do in church is hidden from the world.” – Erwin
“Organizing what God IS doing is different than organizing so God CAN move” – DArcos
I love all the quotes from Origins – in my group we made a point to ask each other after every session – “How will you apply this to your life”?