What's Your Thing

So if you were at church council or staff meeting this week, you saw Ken Cross offer an interesting insight into vision.  He gives us an opportunity to see what it is we are doing as our vision.  He invites us to do what we want to see. 

See what I mean?  So does your vision include discipleship?

Looks like it should.

Vision

Do you have it?  Or one?  A friend recently challenged me with the question:  What do you want out of life?  I don't know.  "That's not an answer,"  he said.  I know.  

Another friend asked me to think about my 85th birthday.  Who will be there?  Why will they be there?  More importantly he asked: Who won't be there?

Anyway, so you have vision or you don't.  You don't have to have vision to have a vision.  The organization has a vision or it doesn't.  The organization doesn't have to have vision or a vision for you to have a vision.  Your ministry area has a vision or it doesn't.  If it doesn't, though, it's your fault.  Is it in your head?  Does you ministry team leader know what it is?

In the Energy Bus, Jon Gordon says rule one of your energy bus is that you are the driver.

As driver, you are supposed to know where the bus is going.

What's cool about his advice is:  in order to determine this vision, you don't just grab a white board and a cup of coffee and come up with the vision with/for your ministry team.

You identify and articulate your vision for yourself.  You identify and articulate your vision for your significant relationship(s)/family.  You identify and articulate your vision for your ministry team.  

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