Missional “Surface Area”. Part 2

I like to take the idea of church impact as related to what I think of as “surface area”. In chemical reactions and heat transfer (to name two things) the rate is proportional to surface area of the relevant bodies (warm versus cold bodies, or reacting chemicals). This goes back to the organic idea. If …

Continue reading Missional “Surface Area”. Part 2

Missional “Surface Area”, Part 1

<I wrote this something like 8 years ago. I think I still agree with it.  But I also now see the challenge of maintaining it. The greater the distance the harder it is to maintain connections. Even though we live in a "wired" age, most of us don't think that way... we don't feel close …

Continue reading Missional “Surface Area”, Part 1