this post by david hieatt on the howies blog is a pretty good summation of the emerging church 'democracy of ideas/embrace failure' ethos.
we have to make more mistakes. we have to understand failure is going to happen.
we can learn from failure. but 'not doing' will teach us nothing and give us nothing in return.
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there will be people here who will say ' I don't have ideas' and in my experience the best ideas usually come from them.
if grace were a clothing company...
btw i emailed david with some concerns about the timberland deal - oh the cheek, but with what other clothing company would i feel able to do that ["yo phil, i'm not sure about nike's new direction..."]? had to get it off my chest. he assures me that they are staying in control and in cardigan bay, and that timberland want them to stay the same only better at what they do. and that it's his job to make sure that doesn't change. i just hope he has the leverage, and never has to use it.
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