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Intuitive Leadership Session Two

Posted in Uncategorized by charliedean on April 25th, 2008

Session Title: Entering Narrative - Embracing the Power of Story

My biggest takeaway: Our modern understanding of what it means to be a pastor domesticates the imagination — it instead values control and safety and “doing ministry” instead of wild pursuit of God in one’s context that allows for unique expressions of what it means to be “God’s people.

The application to Imago Dei is HUGE!  It’s funny as we start out, how people want to define us and figure out which church model we’re copying.  Truth is…we’re not trying to copy anyone!  We’re trying to unleash our imaginations and in the process become something unique to Peoria, IL - and that does not mean simply copying something someone else is doing somewhere else.

Here’s a link to a .pdf of my notes. Intuitive Leadership Conference Session Two

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