Jay: We have white-hot faith, commitment to a cause, contagious relationships and rapid mobilization. Your fifth one was adaptive methods; speak to that one a little bit.
Steve: The heart of the Christian faith never changes and movements are very rigorous in that conservative side of the faith of saying there are some things that will [...]
Two observations on the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss:
1. Semmelweis was passionately engaged and humble enough to learn.
He wanted to save lives. He did not accept current reality. He was a driven man. He knew what his mission was—save lives. And he did something about it. He did not come with preconceived notions of how it [...]
Next time you go into a hospital and come out alive this is the gentleman you should thank: Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865), a nineteenth century Hungarian doctor.
He discovered there was one cause to the unusually high rates of women dying from “childbed fever” or blood poisoning following childbirth—dirty hands.
At the Vienna hospital in which he worked, [...]
Apple didn’t invent the idea of the iPod. A British furniture salesman named Kane Kramer did thirty years ago. He was 22 at the time.
The point?
Breakthroughs in fashion, technology, science, art, warfare, sport “in every sphere of life” and most especially in the renewal and expansion of the Christian faith. . . . breakthroughs ALWAYS [...]
It’s summer in Italy. Everything shuts down for August. The cities empty out, and so do the churches.
So what should the churches do? Why not go to Adriatic coast where the people are and bring a 30 metre inflatable church?
You may think this is a joke, but there is a serious side as the BBC [...]
Dynamic movements are very “tight” when it comes to core beliefs but “open” with methods.
The best methods are adaptive, flexible, reproducible, functional and simple enough to be contagious.
Here’s an example from my email traffic.
Hi Brian
How’s it going?
I have an Aussie mate living and working in Europe. He’s reaching out to the other single young adults [...]
Movements are contagious. They have a cause that spreads like a virus.
Here’s what Chip and Dan Heath have to say about making ideas stick.
1. Simplicity. To strip an idea down to its core, we must be masters of exclusion. We must relentlessly prioritize. Saying something short is not the mission–sound bites are not the ideal. [...]
Wayne Pickford believes, “Wrestling is the opera of the working class.”
Wrestling is an important part of his strategy for reaching working class people in the steel mill town of Berkley, NSW.
That’s Wayne on the right just about to drive the other guy’s head into the canvas.
You can read about that part of his story in: [...]
Small church, mega church, program church, organic church – what form of church is most effective. Wrong question says David Watson. You don’t conquer a swamp with tanks. You adapt your strategy to the context.
When I first went to India almost 20 years ago, a very wise worker said to me, “You can’t change Indian [...]
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