Creativity is a balancing act. Especially at a church. If a church focuses too much on creativity, they build an unhealthy culture. The church is maintained by creativity instead of enhanced by it. If the creative level drops one Sunday, people get dissatisfied. But a church that ignores creativity loses their edge. They sink into…
As soon as you have a good thing going, people want to start adding to it. Well-meaning people who want you to succeed will start giving you great ideas to add to your idea. “You should really do this!” Its a great idea. But you can seriously screw yourself up with great ideas.
There are two types of churches that don’t have websites: 1. Those that are too traditional to have one… 2. Those that are too modern to have one… Isn’t that hilarious? Some churches still haven’t joined the website revolution. Some churches have already outgrown the website revolution. This is how fast culture changes…and how slowly…
Does it? Sometimes I feel like the world is a treadmill. My running keeps it spinning. If I stopped running things would fall apart. At least that’s how I feel. But I just got back from Argentina for 20 days. During those 20 days I stopped running. I’m not sure what I was anticipating when…
My wife warned me before we got to Argentina. “Guys are shameless when they see a pretty girl on the street.” Carolina told me some stories of their bravery – of whistling and pick-up lines she heard on the street. I didn’t quite believe her until we got here. But as we walked down the…
In our last few days in Argentina, my wife and I went on a tour of Buenos Aires. It turns out…we aren’t bus tour people. We’re walking people. We got pretty bored after the first thirty minutes. It was a three hour tour (minus the fun of Gilligan). We had two options…complain or make the…
The other night we were invited to eat at someone’s house. We didn’t know the fellow but figured…free food…why not! We showed up…delicious by the way. I was so impressed by this guy’s house. It was enormous and gorgeous. But he didn’t always live in such a plush house. Behind the pool was a tiny…
I normally try to bring everything I write back to creativity. But I don’t really know how to do that with this. Iguazú Falls is simply inspiring on its own…so I figured I’d just post some pictures. These are unfiltered photos taken with my iPhone. Enjoy the majesty. Note to my Canadian and US friends:…
Argentina is known for tango. True tango originated in Argentina and Uruguay. It’s a flirtatious dance – almost violent. It’s exciting to watch. But there’s a dance far more dangerous and exciting than tango. It’s the dance of the auto. Driving. Who needs lanes? Who needs stop signs? A three-lane road quickly turns into five…
Right now I’m in a world between worlds. I’m on an overnight bus traveling between states in Argentina. While we’re here, our home base is an apartment in downtown Buenos Aires. Then we packed smaller bags and headed to a suburb. Then we packed even smaller bags and got on this bus to the state…