Transforming Culture Conference
Just got back from the Transforming Culture Conference. Absolutely blew me away. It wasn't a large conference. And it didn't have the "bells and whistles" I've seen at some conferences. But I think it had some of the best communicators I've ever heard.
I tag-teamed with Dr. Mark Chironna this morning. Unbelievable! Holy Cow. I've rarely encountered such an amazing combination of the motivational and prophetic, intellectual and spiritual.
It was so good that I wanted to "yield my time" to him :)
He talked about identifying syncronicities as a key leadership capacity. That comes close to one of my definitions of spiritual maturity. One dimension of spiritual maturity is seeing and seizing God-ordained opportunities.
Dr. Chironna said we either repeat the past or create the future. That is the difference between ministry out of memory and ministry out of imagination.
He talked about the importance of language. He said, "Whoever controls language controls culture and consciousness." One of my driving motivationing is saying old things in new ways. I think we underestimate the importance of semantics. Little nuances communicate very different things. For example, anti-abortion versus pro-life. One frames it in negative terms. The other frames it in positive terms. And they aren't the same.
One of the concepts that really impressed me is the importance of disorientation. Significant changes are often precipitated by disorientation. We typically have an "orienation" at the beginning of a new school year or new job. Maybe we ought to have a "disorientation." Our greatest challenge isn't learning new things. It is unlearning old things. And that typically requires disorientation. Have you ever noticed how disoriented the disciples were much of the time?
I feel like I'm still digesting what he said :)
I tag-teamed with Dr. Mark Chironna this morning. Unbelievable! Holy Cow. I've rarely encountered such an amazing combination of the motivational and prophetic, intellectual and spiritual.
It was so good that I wanted to "yield my time" to him :)
He talked about identifying syncronicities as a key leadership capacity. That comes close to one of my definitions of spiritual maturity. One dimension of spiritual maturity is seeing and seizing God-ordained opportunities.
Dr. Chironna said we either repeat the past or create the future. That is the difference between ministry out of memory and ministry out of imagination.
He talked about the importance of language. He said, "Whoever controls language controls culture and consciousness." One of my driving motivationing is saying old things in new ways. I think we underestimate the importance of semantics. Little nuances communicate very different things. For example, anti-abortion versus pro-life. One frames it in negative terms. The other frames it in positive terms. And they aren't the same.
One of the concepts that really impressed me is the importance of disorientation. Significant changes are often precipitated by disorientation. We typically have an "orienation" at the beginning of a new school year or new job. Maybe we ought to have a "disorientation." Our greatest challenge isn't learning new things. It is unlearning old things. And that typically requires disorientation. Have you ever noticed how disoriented the disciples were much of the time?
I feel like I'm still digesting what he said :)
1 Comments:
Wow... I've got a case this week where some people need to unlearn the past.... and my action will probably disorient them. Scary but necessary...
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