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Can you put it all on a single table?

February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 436 views

Ran across this quote on Seth Godin‘s site:

Tim Cook at Apple: “This is the most focused company I know of, am aware of, or have any knowledge of… We say no to good ideas every day.” Cook then pointed out to analysts that every single product the company makes would fit on the single conference table in front of him. “And we had revenue last year of $40 billion.”

What a challenge for churches. Can you put every single one of your ‘products’ on a single table? And is there that stamp of deepness, excellence on every single one of those items?

Much to ponder…

Tags: church & emergent musings · leadership

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  • 1 robert // Mar 9, 2010 at 7:52 pm

    i like this but i am also disturbed by it. not to sound sunday schoolie but i figure the only thing the church ought to be about is not a thing but the person of JESUS. everything else should be a natural off shoot of HIM and what HE wants. unfortunately i’m not sure that a lot of what churches do is an off shoot from HIM. that includes a new church like tapestry. if we were really focusing on HIM it should be easy to just have a chair on the table for HIM or maybe a chair at the table for HIM and a couple of empty ones for all of us to meet HIM and introduce HIM to our friends.

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