Get Your Strategy On
The following happens between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
“OK, Jacob, here’s the deal—I’m counting on you. The Innovative Church Conference guests are counting on you. And, most importantly, my blog readers are counting on you. We need you to become a mole in this guy’s operation and determine where the hostages are located and help us determine how we can rescue them.”
Jacob: “Dad, I don’t like where this is going. I’m feeling a little like Isaac getting ready to be sacrificed.”
Tony: “That’s ironic. You’re mother and I considered naming you Isaac… But, don’t worry. It’ll all be fine. You’ll become a hostage. It’ll be good for the ratings, but nothing’s going to happen to you. I know the writer, editor and publisher for this blog. You do, however, have to remember all the key lessons I’ve taught you through the years.”
Jacob: “I know. Don’t pick up my dribble until I pass or shoot. Get my glove in the dirt and watch the ball all the way into my mitt, and don’t bring my club past parallel on the back swing. I really don’t see, though, how any of that is going to help me with this mission.”
Tony: “You forgot the most important lesson of all.”
Jacob: “How to pee in strange places?”
Tony: “That’s important as well. But the most important lesson you have to remember is that Morgan men don’t have the brawn but we do have our wit and charm. So, when these posts get dry, we’re counting on you for both.”
Jacob: “So, you’re saying, as an example, that now would be a good time to demonstrate that?
Tony: “Finish packing your bag. It’s time to go…”
Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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