Time to Fight!

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Tony Kim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:55:43 GMT

Thanks Dennis for the book suggestion- I will check it out. Feel free to share a synopsies here!

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Tony Kim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:57:47 GMT

Deb, that is so inspirational! What a great idea. Way to be bold, courageous, & innovative! Keep us posted how it goes.

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Dennis Salvatier — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:19:49 GMT

Tony, you got to read the "2 degree difference" by John Trent. It will put this blog into perspective.

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Deb Meyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:49 GMT

I do love your creativity and insight, as well as the Princess Bride reference. I just recently started a new business. (at age 55) Sometimes I wonder, if I'm a bit crazy, with the way the economy is, and all of the churches struggling to keep financially afloat. But I'm quite sure this is the direction God has called me to and am proceeding passionately. The inciting incident in my decision actually came a few years ago when I got up early the day after Thanksgiving to go out and see what all the Black Friday hype was about. As I drove from store to store, unable to find a place to park, I had this piercing question run though my head that just won't leave. The question was: why will all these people get up at an ungodly hour of the morning, and stand out in the freezing cold until the stores open, just to say a few bucks on some trendy new here-today-gone-tomorrow product, and we can't get them to walk through our church doors? Enter: Leap of Faith, my new business, designed to provide churches with creative venues to help them engage and impact lives, so people will come to know God's amazing love for them. I've got so much work to do sometimes it makes my head spin. But following Jesus' standard operating procedures, I let each day's trouble suffice. Keep writing, Tony. You're doing a great job!

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Tony Kim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:02:23 GMT

Thanks MacGyver for your question. I actually encourage ‘foolish’ endeavors- I have had my share of crazy projects that led to nowhere. What I am describing is “day to day” leadership decision making verses a once in a while step of faith. As you probably know, it’s the daily loses that drives you crazy. When we are about to jump off a cliff we know it’s risky. But the mundane, ordinary failures soon add up to a season of frustrations. So I say, take a risk and go climb mountain Everest but just make sure won the little battles of physical preparation, camping supplies, and survival training. Winning little battles eventually leads to winning the war (unless you are in Asia, then forget about it).

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MacGyver — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:57:12 GMT

How do balance prudence with foolishness? Many times the greatest of movements involve the most trying of circumstances that would seem foolish except we have history that shows success. Additionally, we are always inspired by the all in stories. Just trying to figure out where the balance is between faith and prudence. The big decisions are easy (like I can't fly so don't jump) but when risk can be measured, how do you determine direction? Hopefully I am making sense.

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Tony Kim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:59:24 GMT

Yes that is unfortunately true. Maybe another practical tip can be to 'Over estimate the effort, and under estimate the impact'. Too bad war is not as simple as a blog post. Great observation BHC.

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BHC — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:42:48 GMT

Can't really fault the creative leaders though... the 'Small enough to win' part is tricky. People(especially those who don't study their history, but have the largest military arsenal at the disposal) often underestimate the effort, and overestimate the impact. :(