donald miller and rick mckinley

Donald Miller is the author of several books including one of my favorites, Blue Like Jazz. Rick McKinley is his pastor at Imago Dei Community Church in Portland, Oregon. He's also written a couple of books. They shared the stage for the first session of day one at Catalyst.

They challenged me to ask myself: Am I risking anything for God? Or, am I more interested in safety and comfort.

Rick said this about repentance: it's not about the things you're doing. It's about the things you're not doing.

They said the primary identity of the church is this: We are the sent people of God.
The church is for the world--not for us.

When the church starts caring about the things the community cares about--then we'll have influence. Then we'll be relevant.

So how do we start leading our people into mission? By creating pathways to get messy and dirty.

Come to the next First Wednesday (November 1) and you'll hear more about this...and we'll explore some messy and dirty pathways together.