Carlos Whittaker

Dec01

Catalyst Article // Labor, Birth, And Your Unraveling Plan

Posted by loswhit in Uncategorized

My first child came into this world after a 48 hour marathon of labor.
Lot’s of screaming. Lot’s of cussing. Lot’s of crying.
And that was just me…

Read the rest of the article that I hope will help church leaders create success and not duplicate success // HERE

Go create some conversation there peeps.

Gracias.

Los

http://www.kbarger.blogspot.com/ Keith Barger

Love your perspective.

We actually went to Starbucks on the way to deliver baby #1. Second one to come this summer. Can't wait to see what'll happen!
http://www.210leadership.com Hervict: 210 Leadership Blog

Doooooooooooooddddd !!!!

That'll PREACH. “Go create success don't duplicate success.”

There's a whole sermon in that sentence.

I have to say though – I do think there are certain Principles that can be transplanted. Even though the application of that principle may be localized and contextualized to the specific target demographic or audience.

I think when you transplant the Application of a truth or principle then you run into problems. Like you demonstrated in your article – every delivery process is unique and individual – but there are certain truths and prinicples of child-birth that are universal, whether you're delivering at the finest hospital in America or a hut in Africa.

So my suggestion is seek out the principle – but let the application be organic and fluid and pliable.

2 Principles that come to mind that are universal:

1. Excellence

2. Vision

You see that in the ministries and leadership of people like Andy Stanley, Groeschel, Warren, Giglio – or whoever else you wanna pencil in there.

loswhit

for sure

http://www.averageyouthpastor.com Sam

“But we must remember that there is a unique story in everything that is birthed from God. This includes that tiny idea sitting in the back of your head right now.”

Appreciate that quote right there.

That motivates me.

loswhit

Then go do it.

http://www.averageyouthpastor.com Sam

I am already getting started. Thanks for the extra nudge though!

Maybe you could make a Los doll that would have 3 or 4 Losisms to encourage and bring humor into our daily lives. Like a Mr. T doll for today!

jbstansel

What is success, though? I am weary of the idea that success means we have grown a huge church with a bunch of awesome sound equipment and talented musicians. There are lots of churches like that who are being taught a bunch of fluff.

No, I think success happens with the people are moved to be the hands and feet of God. It happens when people recognize the materialism that permeates our church walls today and actually do something about it.

Success is a people who humbly and sincerely follow after the heart of the Lord. I see so many megachurches today that have strayed so far away in their pursuit of success that they cannot see that, in God's eyes, it may look very different than what we have been taught. That isn't to say that megachurches are wrong; I'm saying that I don't see the value in obsessing over being successful. Say that three times fast.
http://whittakerwoman.typepad.com whittakerwoman

I loved your article… Maybe because it was about me
No, seriously I fall in love with you more when you write. H
http://www.beautifulcanvas.org Dave ©

Very good article. As an instigator myself, this is something I’ve been wrestling with for awhile now. I love creating new things and get bored quickly with status quo, even successful status quo. However, I think there is a subtle difference and danger between being creative for God’s sake and doing things our own way simply because we want to do things our own way. I actually wonder if creativity, the desire to be unique, the need to do it our way can actually be a hindrance to progress and success at times.

Take sermons as an example. Why do all pastors (at least all pastors I’ve ever encountered) feel the need to only preach their own “original” sermons? Sure, many pastors quote other pastors, books, speakers, etc. But I’ve never heard a pastor actually preach someone else’s sermon (at least, they’ve never said they did, which could be a whole different issue…but that isn’t really the point here). Yet there are some amazing messages out there that I would love for my pastor to preach. They would be completely relevant to our church. And I am certain that God would use them to change people’s lives.

Please don’t get me wrong. I hear what you are saying and agree that creativity is critical and that duplication can be a bad thing.

I guess I am just wondering if duplication gets a bad rap (vs creation) in a similar way that management gets a bad rap vs. leadership. It seems to me that there are appropriate uses of duplication.

To be a bit obtuse, I duplicated this comment in another forum (either your blog if this is on the Catalyst site or the Catalyst site if this is on your blog)…

Good, thought-provoking article. Well done!