Do we serve with BHAG ?

I read from online the book “Built to Last” by James Collins and Jerry Porras when they coined the term big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) which they describe as follows:

A BHAG engages people
It reaches out and grabs them in the gut. It is tangible, energizing, highly focused. People ‘get it’ right away; it takes little or no explanation.”

A BHAG should be so clear and compelling that it requires little or no explanation….
A BHAG should fall well outside the comfort zone.
A BHAG should be so bold and exciting in its own right
A BHAG should be consistent with the company’s core ideology.
A BHAGs have a long time frame.

Consider & ask questions to test BHAG:
Does is stimulate forward progress?
Does it create momentum?
Does it get people’s juices going?
Do they find it stimulating, exciting and adventurous?
Are they willing to throw their creative talents and human energies into it?

The well known American architect and urban planner wrote:

"Make no small plans;
they have no magic to stir men’s blood
and probably themselves will not be realized.
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work,
remembering that a noble, logical diagram
once recorded will not die.” – Daniel H. Burnham

The key benefit of a BHAG is the focus and change of mindset which it demands.
Incremental improvements is not sufficient if you are to achieve the BHAG.

We are forced to think differently, to work differently and to break away from that which worked in the past. A real BHAG is accompanied by a true sense of urgency.

Bold visions stimulate progress, ignite passion, focuses the mind and fires up the imagination. Big bold visions break the back of mediocrity and small mindedness.

Don’t settle. Aim high, make a dent in the universe.

These words are so well phrased for thoughts and I think all Christian leaders worth pause and ponder on them to think of our own BHAG !

Consumer christianity

Consumer christianity is man-made.self-centred and need reverted to godly piety before anything can be said further,or else we happen to see ourselves involved in such a guilty circle of discussions.

從愛你的仇敵到愛你的鄰舍 : 宗教多元情況下的宣教反思

今早從老闆處看一文章，題目是 : 從愛你的仇敵到愛你的鄰舍 : 宗教多元情況下的宣教反思

我由此作辯明如下，是否就是時下大多神學思潮趨勢，反映到在差傳事奉上，到底有何影響 ?

總體辯明
1. 宣教在強調對話此勢態下，失卻了她的必要性與獨特性 ，因所有參與對話的宗教都是站在同一的平面。
2. 神亦為『終極實在』此觀念所取代了。
3. 信徒是有需要為真理抗辯的，強調對話是否亦只屬時代氛圍下的產品 ?

內文正觀
1. 對話在任何時代都需要，或許在今時人特別予以強調而已。
2. 過往宣教因歷史包袱，產生誤會及後遺症。今人若因此而矯枉過正，亦須份外小心。
3. 我們的信仰有沒有其絕對性 (徒4:12) ? 耶穌基督的地位是否在所謂排他 / 包容 / 多元底模式下----- 一一都要讓路 ? 眾宗教是否都是平等的 ?
4. 以『終極實在』代替了神有其危險性與扭曲面 ! 為對話而須付上此代價是太大了?!
5. 真理本身若是多元,此說法有需再作進一步探究。多元中的神、人、宇宙維度應如何辯解 ?
6. 我們理應強調
從宇宙性信心 轉往 對耶穌的信心
談他者的重要 轉往 談基督的超越
談宗教的對話 轉往 談悔改的必須

7. 神學重構再思 : 須小心述說下列轉移的項目
從基督中心 轉往 父神中心
從救贖主線 轉往 創造主線
從道成肉身 轉往 隱喻肉身
從他世觀點 轉往 今生需要
從聖靈工作 轉往 動態演譯

8. 潘尼卡那「對話七步曲」是否清晰及能作為參照標準 ?
9. 對靈性 / 宣教 / 社會 / 教會的影響評估
不斷出現下列的用字，似仍與時代看齊
終極 / 當代 / 和平 / 合作 / 對話 等用字

愛的真諦 (林前13章)

愛筵中姊妹分享因著愛，縱面對諸般軟弱艱難，仍不離開教會。
一次再證明愛是現存所有最大的力量。

剛參閱一本新書Ｇary Chapman's Love as a way of life,分析愛的七種要素如下:

仁慈、忍耐、饒恕、

禮貌、

謙卑、慷慨 及 誠實。

昨晚妹妹請我們一家晚膳，聽聞是因我在愛華刊物中曾寫的文字令她有共嗚，
也是施愛與受愛的一種表白。

使徒保羅有名的林前13章訴盡了人間的愛源於神的大愛

愛的 有與無 (林前13:1-3)
愛的 是與非 (林前13:4-7)
愛的 永恆性 (林前13:8-12)
愛的 卓越性 (林前13:13)

愛是一生學不完、猜不透的學問。

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Edgar A. Guest

Watch

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

生活與閱讀

『生活是最動人的閱讀，閱讀是最動人的生活』

這是我週三從北京回港的機上，看見的廣告語，非常有意思的說話。