Ok, now what?

So you’re back in familiar territory after a great conference (NRB anyone)…you have your bag of swag, a stack of business cards and some new information rattling around in your head.

Now what are you going to do with it? How is going to that conference going to change the way you do ministry today? I worry that for many, the answers is ‘nothing’. What I often observe is people nodding their head yes as the speaker pours out great information and then pat each other on the back telling each other what a great job we’re doing. We’re afraid to hurt people’s feelings as if it’s unchristian to tell someone they’re missing the mark.

Now don’t get me wrong, a big part of any conference is to encourage one another and we should be building one another up. I submit to you though that just nodding our head as someone talks about how they ‘get it’ and are doing ‘great’ things when you know otherwise doesn’t actual build them up but sets them up for failure later.

I’m not just pointing fingers, I’m guilty of it. I like to make people happy and don’t want to hurt feelings so often I’m the one nodding my head.

How do we break through this? Can I tell you that I think you’re missing the mark and not be a jerk?

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 at 10:48 am and is filed under growth . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • I was just going through my NRB stack of business cards and recalled the great talk Michael gave.

    The biggest surprise at NRB (my first) was the focus on sharing Christ. I was expect a lot of how to sell stuff to Christians.

    The NRB leadership and speakers were obviously prepared in prayer before the conference opened. I was very impressed by the dedication to solid biblical truth that kept coming through.

    The most valuable take-away for me from the conference was the list of blogs of other tech and marketing oriented Christians who want to use the internet to carry the message of the cross. Keep posting thought provoking stuff we can use to go further as we serve in the digital fields.
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