tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21967848.post5388677531032391767..comments2023-06-08T03:44:14.550-07:00Comments on Innovation in Mission: Authentic InnovationJon and Mindy Hirsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285995024127376431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21967848.post-19891725162380969872008-07-30T05:44:00.000-07:002008-07-30T05:44:00.000-07:00Daniel,Thanks for sharing those thoughts. You are ...Daniel,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing those thoughts. You are right - when we make ourselves available and allow God to do things on His terms, our efforts have an authenticity that we could never manufacture. <BR/><BR/>The big question that I want to throw out there is this: What kinds of innovation might God be ready to unlease on the world if we were willing to let Him lead instead of us?Jon and Mindy Hirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285995024127376431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21967848.post-16077110802354821822008-07-29T10:08:00.000-07:002008-07-29T10:08:00.000-07:00Jon - I drink deeply from the well that you wrote ...Jon - I drink deeply from the well that you wrote this from. Thank you for being purposed to remind me and others about authenticity. I think at the core, authenticity is why I (and my wife) are drawn to house church so much. There are no sermon, no buildings, no five-point cleverly-branded six-week series'. It's just the Body Of The Christ gathering weekly, sharing a meal, diving into His Word, taking communion, and praying for and with each other. Then we live simply, literally loving our literal neighbors as often as we can.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking over the weekend about how to be intentionally missional in a neighborhood that for lack of a better word would be considered affluent - or at least not for needing much, entrenched in a consumerism lifestyle. I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to guide me as I tried to figure it out. I was doing yard work while having this conversation, and when my chores moved to my front yard a neighbor 3 doors down, whom I'd never met before, walked my way.<BR/><BR/>She is an older (60s) woman, a widow who keeps to herself. I thought she was passing by, but instead she approached me, introduced herself, and then asked if I would trim and edge her sidewalk, like I was doing to mine. What a divine appointment!!! "Gladly," I replied, and struck up a simple, ordinary, God-love-inspired conversation.<BR/><BR/>That's authenticity: Just making yourself available to be purposed by God to love not-yet-Jesus-followers in very ordinary ways.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your blog post! Great stuff!<BR/><BR/>dan c.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com