Thursday, March 01, 2007

SHIFT Session #2: Donald Miller

Donald Miller led Session #2: "How to Share the Gospel Without Weirding People Out":

Here are some notes:
  • Christianity is easy when it is just us, but when others come into the conversation-its something else. Why? Is it because I am ashamed?
  • When a culture is only influenced by itself, when they do not communicate, share ideas with the outside it becomes goofier. It gets to the point where they cannot communicate.
  • Jesus never took the time to explain the story/give the point. It was done in the story, by the story, through the story.
  • The human heart desires a story.
  • Erosion of values has caused the story to decline.
  • Never underestimate your role in the story.
  • Evangelism in a nutshell is: inviting people into a better story.
  • "Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world.” - Robert McKee

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