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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx</link><description>Craig Groeschel, senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv , is at the center of so many innovations in church life, it&amp;#39;s easy to see why he has been invited to be a speaker at The Leadership Summit 2008 . If you know Craig at all, you are following that Summit</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>re: Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx#5404</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:26:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f13730e-872a-45b8-8e14-b95aead6df61:5404</guid><dc:creator>christian</dc:creator><description>Let me begin by saying  that i really like your site spin.willowcreek.com a lot 
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Sonja&lt;img src="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1243" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx#632</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:42:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f13730e-872a-45b8-8e14-b95aead6df61:632</guid><dc:creator>Phillip</dc:creator><description>I was recently at a conference where I stayed in an oversized hotel room, and next door an irate, drunken man with a rich accent was saying that “It wasn’t about forgiveness, America needs to be cleansed..look at all of the different denominations in the Christian faith..no one can agree..Bush is a bad man..”  I really wasn’t eaves dropping.  The door connecting our rooms just didn’t allow the privacy.  I actually believe he was trying to woo an American girl, looking for something – not religion.  Don’t ask me why I think that.  Mostly what she did was giggle at his ranting.  The only reason that I didn’t straight away call the FBI can be summed up in very few words: “Guantanamo Bay”, “Patriot Act”, and “Forgiveness”.   Frankly, our current government scares me a little bit.  I understand the reason behind such aberrations in our government, but I don’t know any longer that I trust it to make the wisest decisions.  Am I willing to potentially jeopardize this man’s future for speaking his mind while drunk?  Everything in me screamed “terrorist, terrorist”, but I wondered if I was much like those in the McCarthy era, screaming “communist, communist!”
Leaders do need to take a step back sometimes to think about consequences.  I myself, am not a leader, but I am pretty good at following.  I do know those that I am more inclined to follow.  
As Thomas Friedman would say in his book, The world is Flat, “Imagination is more important than knowledge” – Albert Einstein. 
Our world is flat.  This blog, church on the internet, the global market for goods, as well as the global market for ideas can being spread to the other side of the world in an instant.  Our leaders need to be conscience of this fact.  Our politicians are now held accountable for every single syllable that they utter, or else it will be blasted around the world on UTUBE.  Freidman says, 
“If we are not going to shut down the Internet and all the other creative and collaborative tools that have flattened the world, and if we can’t restrict access to them, the only thing we can do is try to influence the imagination and intentions that people bring to them and draw from them.”
I believe that Life Church is on the edge.  It’s very exciting!  Craig’s teaching is powerful, and at no other time in history do we have better means of spreading the gospel.  There are some problems, however.  Also, at probably no other time in human history has there been such a need for the gospel.  The human population is growing exponentially.  There are environmental challenges that are threatening our planet and the resources we depend upon.  In the opinion of one author the future will be marked by “water wars” and not wars for energy.  I recently saw on the news where India had 20 million refugees abandoning their homes due to flooding – no utilities, not even electricity.  How is such a disaster handled?  I personally believe that climate change is a reality.  With God, however, and the intellect He has given us we can persevere.  We can pull together as a faith, and as a people.  I’ve said enough.  I’m kinda new at blogging..  Below would be some bullet points, useful or not.
•	Is there a forum for churches to pool their ideas together, and with other NPO’s?
•	Can disease and poverty be eliminated with proper planning?
•	Will government leaders listen to a stronger collective voice from the Christian faith?
•	Is there the possibility of large clean water projects, funded by the people?
&lt;img src="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/aggbug.aspx?PostID=632" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx#467</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:33:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f13730e-872a-45b8-8e14-b95aead6df61:467</guid><dc:creator>Craig Groeschel</dc:creator><description>Sandy, Great thoughts! I appreciate what you said about having courage to let our ideas clash. 

Kevin, Yes... I&amp;#39;m praying for you this morning!&lt;img src="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/aggbug.aspx?PostID=467" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx#449</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:35:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f13730e-872a-45b8-8e14-b95aead6df61:449</guid><dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator><description>I too appreciate your comments on listening to the people, and assimilate the information and decide on the direction and expect the people to follow because it is their own idea.   We are about to have a vision casting gathering time on the 26 at our church.  We are incorporating Craigs teaching in the open environment  into our Sunday services.  This is not everyones idea, but I am set on letting alot of flowers bloom and hear from them.  Keep us in prayer as we do this.&lt;img src="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/aggbug.aspx?PostID=449" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Craig Groeschel Responds to Session 6</title><link>http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/blogs/leadership/archive/2007/08/10/craig-groeschel-responds-to-session-6.aspx#445</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:18:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f13730e-872a-45b8-8e14-b95aead6df61:445</guid><dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator><description>I love your thought that we need to allow God&amp;#39;s ideas to rise to the top, instead of copying what other individuals and churches might be doing.  It strikes me as though the church itself is a highly conflicted organization, meaning that we carry the eternally important message of old and have the responsibility to deliver it in the ever-changing context of new.  We live in a constant tension between our message and our means of delivering this message.  Thus, we must be willing to engage in dialogue, even conflict-laden dialogue, about the impact of our lives, our ministries and our churches.  In our desire to discover proven methods of delivering our message, I pray that we&amp;#39;re also seeking our unique calling to delivering it.  And may we have the courage to let our clash of ideas bring about innovative, transformational ministry that allows God&amp;#39;s plans to unfold.&lt;img src="http://spin.willowcreek.com/c/aggbug.aspx?PostID=445" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>