Innovation
February 16th, 2007
I just read a great article about innovation, especially within the church. Here are some of my favorite parts:
“[What is innovation?] Does it mean meeting in a bar, as my friend’s church does? Or does it mean, for a hymn-based church, to experiment with using guitars and drums? ”
“But while innovation breeds innovation, it also breeds more dissatisfaction with what is and what has been.”
If you want to read the whole thing, click here.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Yes, that is a fantastic article.
It’s so true that many times we put innovation on a pedestal, and then justify it as a means to an end, when it is, in fact, the end.
I know I’ve done it, and the fact is that we are probably all guilty of it at one time or another.
And, yes, innovation is a perpetual cycle. The minute you innovate, you must re-innovate, and re-re-innovate, and so on without ending. Because people won’t be satisfied with the status-quo anymore.