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Sounds like the book has interesting ideas:
1. "Churches should focus on a few important things and do them well. This does not necessarily mean focusing on excellence ('Good enough is called good enough because it's good enough' 57).... We keep asking, "What is the simplest thing that could possibly work?" We try to have just enough to facilitate our mission. Just enough money, Just enough time. Just enough leaders. Just enough space. Just enough advertising."
A cool comment. Although I think that there are two, competing proverbs that need to be weighed: "If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly" and "If something is worth doing, it's worth doing well."
I don't think the ideal of simplicity is always right. It misses the point of momentum, I reckon.
2. "Multility" = "keeping it cellular."
Yeah... but I reckon that the big gatherings add energy and momentum to the multiple cells.
3. "These churches are similar to terror cells (he calls them 'unterror cells') as they can be reproduced, they have uncomplicated aims, they are trend setters. A strategy for doing this is to focus on multiplying leaders (188-195).".
I really dislike comparisons to terrorist cells, no matter how skillful these cells may be. It is in bad taste, I reckon.
Review of "Deliberate Simplicity"
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I totally agree with you about the terrorist cell comparisons Mikey.
What do you mean about momentum?
Hey Nick, I mean that if you just have small groups that have only the bare necessities, it can lose sight of the big picture, can lose communal energy.
A bigger group is less influenced by the moods or attendance of one or two members. It feels more exciting and so can help us focus on the vision in a way that smaller groups can struggle with.
Ok, cool. I get it with your second point but I'm still not sure of what you're saying in the last sentence of the first point.
I'm thinking that it's very hard to have a big, exciting, emboldening, inspiring gathering, event or whatever else if you are doing 'just enough', 'good enough'.
I figure one of the reasons people put lots of energy into important community events like weddings and so on, is that they are worth putting lots of effort into them.
I think being the kind of community that puts lots of effort (rather than just enough) into things is that you benefit from lots of energy as a result - satisfaction, marvelling, delight, implied value and so on.
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