Posts Tagged ‘TED’

a salary-less church

In the emulation of twitter, I want to post some “140 character or less” thoughts on this topic.

its easy to talk about a salary-less church when you don’t get your salary from the church.

giving to our church has gone up as I have taken less.

In the last 1.5 months I haven’t taught at toh… and we’ve grown.

i’m pretty sure the Brethren are the authority on this, but i think what i am thinking about is a little different.

James Surowiecki – social media TED talk is very helpful on this topic. I like the term a volunteer co-operative program.

does having no paid staff mean that there are no leaders? i’ve seen the opposite.

I used to think a church would always need a paid leader. not sure anymore.

salary-less could mean community-more?

I have no idea what a salary-less church looks like… i mean didn’t Paul even get paid?

an excessive reliance on incentives (salary) demoralizes professional activity by people losing morale and activity losing morality. B.Swartz

We assume money will keep the train rolling… not necessarily. It may keep rolling, but in what direction?

less money to leaders.. less stress?

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Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School

After my last post I have had a few friends ask me about these “TED Talks” and I should say they have been quite inspirational in my life. In fact I have a dream of being invited to sit in on these talks live one day, and maybe even give a talk on how a small community of people can transform a city. This one in particular has given me a huge vision for my life and work with toh in Vancouver. I think it’s about time I revisit it. Thanks Nick for bringing this one up again.