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Re: Keller specs out transition from church to movement

djchuang — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:18:47 -0000

Your prompting tipped the scale to watch this video in its entirety, of Tim Keller speaking to his staff ever so candidly, clearly, and compellingly for the transition of how Redeemer is structured and goes about its work in the next season. It may well take 10 years to take as anticipated, though that seems like an eternity in the speedy time frame of the internet world in which we find ourselves.

Redeemer has been multi-site for years, and what has been suggested in the transition, if I heard it right, was to make an adjustment to the current model. The current one has a central unified leadership team, and each location has a teaching team rotation. The revised model will have a "face with a place" by appointing a campus pastor to each location. And, it is on par for churches employing a multi-site strategy to have to make structural and strategic changes over time.

The other thing I'll comment on is Tim Keller's recognition of his humanity and life span. It is a very challenging, and rare, for a large church pastor to so openly speak of a succession plan. And to do so with a transition in vision, structure, and strategy, quite the inspiration.

Re: Facebook Connect: Why? Why not?

djchuang — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:33:12 -0000

I've decided not to do Facebook Connect, at least at this time. I'm finding that too many widgets and too many plugins add too many cogs in the wheel. Looking to streamline everything as much as possible by using fewer plugins and fewer widgets. And, lots of Facebook "friends" of mine rarely leave the safe womb of that place.

Re: Which is the best video interview style?

djchuang — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:59:15 -0000

@dpark75, thanks for taking a look at these videos and providing your keen eye and evaluation! :)

Re: my multi-site church road trip this weekend

djchuang — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:58:44 -0000

Matthew, well, looking at the printed version, there were several mini-articles there that had a "more online" footer -- which was to indicate that there was more to the mini-article online. While I did find several other full articles at http://www.worshipleader.com/articles/125/worsh... , I did not find mine there (yet?).

Re: my multi-site church road trip this weekend

djchuang — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:17:40 -0000

Thanks for your comment and noticing the article. I don't recall what I wrote about with "more online" so let me dig that up and see...

Re: LastPass Guide to Online Password Management

djchuang — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:50:07 -0000

Super duper! I'm tempted to only use the online version myself... glad it's available!

Re: LastPass Guide to Online Password Management

djchuang — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:12 -0000

LastPass looks useful, assuming you only use one computer to do all your web browsing and login. Where a browser plug-in and/or desktop software password manager doesn't quite work is when I'm at someone else's computer or a kiosk or at the Apple Store, and then I can't get login anymore. (Or did I overlook something?)

Re: Pastors. Affairs. Power. Ethics.

djchuang — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:45:33 -0000

Thanks, all, for the comments and retweets!

I know that we know what we're supposed to do, what the Bible says, how we want to be serious about our faith, how we have to take precautions. And the examples of those who have fallen before us should be a wake-up call. And, of course, this topic applies for pastors and non-pastors alike, men and women alike.

But with all of that freely available and we're conscious of, what doesn't get voiced enough is:

(1) LEADERS who acknowledge their own frailty and WEAKNESS while they are in that leadership role, granted not share it every Sunday from the pulpit but share it often and regularly with a trusted few,

(2) showing how to CONFESS for those who are in the midst of an affair and feel like they're stuck and choose to keep trying to hide it and get away with it, if the survey stats are any indicator of those who are living a double life.

Warning each other to stop, to take precautions, to have accountability is good, and yet I wonder if that's becoming a familiarity that breeds contempt. If this blog post can stop one affair that's about to happen, and gets a person who is in the middle of an affair to stop and confess, then it'll all be worth it.

Re: Pastors. Affairs. Power. Ethics.

djchuang — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:36:43 -0000

Steve, thanks for your comment.

While a phobia of roles or even relationships is not entirely logical, BOTH are needed to keep us on the road of sexual purity. It's not an easy road for us as sexual beings with sex drives, and less easy in the sex-saturated society of the Western world.

Re: How to stream and record video chat interview

djchuang — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:40:16 -0000

@Kenny, thanks for the reply! I did say "free or paid"! :) *ahem*

The business model of "freemium" has a lot of advantages over a custom solution, because a custom solution is developed to very particular specifications and then fades into obsolescence, so I'm less inclined to that approach.

My persuasion is that a (good) web app will have an on-going subscriptions that provide enough revenue to keep it sustainable with a sizeable user base to provide feedback to keep improving the app.

As for teaching an online class, there are some good things we can learn from distance education on how to do that. It may be sufficient to teach a multi-user class via an off-the-shelf webinar service, and then use the chat room for discussion and Q&A.

Re: How to stream and record video chat interview

djchuang — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:05:28 -0000

@Steve, @Mike, @Damon: yes, yes, and yes. There are several software ways to get a video chat recorded, but again, that requires software download & installation on the producers part. So thanks for pointing

I'm really looking for the web app that will take care of the whole deal seamlessly!

Re: Ministering to Asian Americans: next Wednedsay 6/3

djchuang — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:58:30 -0000

Sure thing! You can link, retweet, burn CDs, give away freely!

Is the audio of the whole meeting, or just the portion with my talk with Q&A?

Re: Paucity of Chinese American ministry leaders

djchuang — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:44:20 -0000

@Ted, thanks for your comments, and it does take a paradigm change. So what practical ways have you found effective to implement a paradigm change and to raise up new Chinese American ministry leaders? And yes, this discussion topic does bear some resemblance to the older email listserv. Now in the online world, if it's not searchable and findable via Google, then it doesn't exist. So this blog post should surface the topic for all to find and join in.

@Daniel, great thoughts. Thanks for writing them out on your blog post.

@dannyyang, sorry to hear of the rejection - that never feels good, for whatever reason. I've heard that even my Dallas Seminary degree is too liberal and progressive in some (small) circles.

Re: connecting in Chicago

djchuang — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:43:57 -0000

Drew, well, right now the answer is an unknown. If it happens, I'll link to it on my twitter @djchuang -- I will say that I won't be live-twittering or live-blogging, as lately my approach has been to make the most of my face-to-face time with people, since I can be online 24/7 any other time. F2f is premium.

Re: am I in or am I out?

djchuang — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:20:02 -0000

Yup, that's the ticket.. these personality tests oversimplify the richness and complexity of what it is to be human.

Re: how churches get embedded with values

djchuang — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:17:43 -0000

Drew, great discussion on Rah's book over at Julie Clawson's blog http://julieclawson.com/2009/05/06/book-review-... - 29 comments already, let's jump in there. Soong-Chan himself chimes in there.

Re: how churches get embedded with values

djchuang — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:54:36 -0000

Yes, that is a spiritual truth, indeed, to lay down our lives and to accept Christ's lordship and sacrifice. What does that really look like in the real world? Is there a perfect "biblical" model for every leader in every context?

Re: how churches get embedded with values

djchuang — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:53:34 -0000

I wonder if the tyranny of the urgent and the over-prioritizing of the practical and short-term results has kept us from entering the much needed, and much absent, conversations that need to happen in a global multiethnic multicultural Christianity. The beautiful possibility of a multicultural Christian community is to have relationships that form a foundation for each of us to see more clearly beyond one's own cultural lenses. We all have blind spots, and we all have insights into other cultures, and together, we can uphold a richer Gospel.

Re: how to define strategic planning

djchuang — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:50:04 -0000

Morrie, thanks for the tip about the LinkedIn group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878448 and the book, "Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World"

Re: how churches get embedded with values

djchuang — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:11:06 -0000

thanks for reply; so how could it be better written?

Re: how churches get embedded with values

djchuang — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:47:17 -0000

questions are perceived as questioning authority or lacking faith; and some don't wrestle with the complexities and uncertainties and mysteries of faith, choosing a
simplistic or dogmatic faith

Re: pumped up to take a flying leap of faith

djchuang — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:07:53 -0000

Role models are a big part of what shapes us as people, and as leaders. So, if during a leadership conference, we only hear from entrepreneural leaders of large churches, while that is very motivational and energizing, I also wonder about how that shapes the rest of us who are not entrepreneural, not large church pastors, not conference speakers.

Re: blog tour by Outreach Convention people

djchuang — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:22:59 -0000

Nope, couldn't make it to Gospel Coalition.. have never been.. would love to go one day. Delighted they offered free live streaming of the main sessions -- so pioneering! So generous!

Re: blog tour by Outreach Convention people

djchuang — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:20:43 -0000

Dope... not again.. so I get mistaken as James Choung, again.. why am I not surprised ;(

Re: How Does @Reply Work In Twitter?

djchuang — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:31:05 -0000

Plus one small exception: someone may randomly catch this tweet on the everyone page at http://twitter.com/public_timeline

;)