Catalyst Dallas was a great event that I attended alone as a personal retreat. Retreating to a place where no-one knows me (in theory) to spend time with God has been a practice of mine for several years. People typically look at me like I'm strange, and it probably is a little strange to go off by yourself, but I know that its a vital part of my spiritual well being.
Anyway, Catalyst Dallas was a great event this year, and over the next few days I want to share the notes I have received. These are from Andy Stanley's first session, and the first session overall.
Andy spoke to an audience of 3500 church leaders, all who if you ask are a part of a growing church. (Church leaders don't face reality well) But if light of this perception and the reality that many church represented at this conference are growing rapidly, he directed this message toward leaders in that growing church environment.
*The more successful you are, the less accessible you become.
You have two choice when facing this:
1) Refuse the face this reality and burn out.
2) Use success as an excuse to be more inaccessible.
-the overwhelming nature of awareness to world problems has destroyed our ability to simply 'be present' in the moment.
There is a 3rd option.
3) Not burn out, or check out. Gal. 6:9-10, 6:2
You must realized:
1) You can't shut it all out
2) You can't take it all in.
***Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone***
This is a counter culture statement. From out childhood life has been about fairness, but the reality is, life is not fair. DON'T BE FAIR!!!
-If fairness existed, it ended in the garden.
*Fairness is not a Christian value. Be ENGAGED.
*Trying to be fair leads to always being disengaged.
Tips to leading 'unfairly'
1) Go deep rather than wide in relationships
2) Go long-term rather than short-term
3) Go time, not just money
The reality is *When you do for one, you often end up doing for more than JUST ONE*
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