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16 Feb

Innovation

Posted in Devotional Blog on 02-16-07

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.

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  1. joe says:

    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.