Have you reached your Potential?

Last night, Troy Gramling, my pastor launched the first on line staff meeting. Here on campus there were only few volunteers helping with cameras, the tech team and the Internet Campus team. Everyone else was at home, or Starbucks or anywhere else watching on their computers. Troy is sharing the vision of being able to do ministry without boundaries, and using technology. There was an attendance of 237 staff people who watched or at least listened the meeting. One of the last minute challenges was to have those with no computer, or computer problems connected, so we decided to use a conference system where people was able to dial a number and merge into the meeting. We got the service, but we needed what is called a “Phone Patch” to connect the audio to the phone line, and it was too late to order one of those pieces, so I made a “Tape-Phone Patch” and it worked fine, as you can see on the picture. Creativity is triggered by need, don’t you think so? Have you ever solved anything compl...

While I was with my son at Merida, we discuss the creativity topic, how to transform something common into something extraordinary. Creativity is not a gift; it is a discipline, and need to be exercised regularly. My pastor, Troy Gramling teach me that once I got a first great idea, we have to not surrender to it, we have to try something better, something different. During the preparation of MyNakedPastor.com series, we expend several hours on the topic of the name of the series. It was almost noon when we started the discussion, and we skip lunch until we concluded with a better idea than the original one. Some times, because the urgent, we leave or place in hold the important. I found the “Toro” series (Bull) from Picasso… he didn’t give up on the first draw, and by the way, those pencil drafts, worth a fortune. Next time you get a great idea, don’t stop there… go for the really best one! Be Creative!