Today was the first day of the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. It is an almost overwhelming gathering of leaders in the church, in an effort to inspire, equip and unite us to better impact the world for Christ.
The line-up of speakers today was amazing. We heard from Andy Stanley, Jessica Jackson (founder of Kiva, an on-line micro-financing site), Malcolm Gladwell, Shane Hipps, Rob Bell, Tony Dungy, Matt Chandler and Francis Chan.
We also had some great worship, and I've visited a lot of vendor booths with lots of resources (and freebies) to offer. Compassion has a few booths here, and I am exited to help with them a sponsorship plea tomorrow. More on that (I hope) to come.
It is an almost exhausting schedule with very little time to eat or get to the restroom, let alone digest or pray over what we've heard. I'll still be thinking about a lot of things for a few weeks afterward! Good thing I've taken some good notes. Here are a few of the most memorable quotes from today:
"Incompetence irritates me. Overconfidence scares me."
"In times of crisis, we think we need daring and bold decision makers, but we don't. What we need are leaders with humility."
~Malcolm Gladwell (I hope I quoted that correctly, I was fiercely scribbling to keep up!)
"Every bit of hesitancy in obedience is God beckoning you to deeper waters"
~Matt Chandler
"Sometimes its easy to get so consumed with what your building that you forget what you're becoming."
~Reggie Joiner, reflecting on a message by Rob Bell
"Grace makes everyone say, "I wish I had your dad."
~Francis Chan
Oh yeah, and I'm supposed to tell you to go to this site to try to get one of the conference Emcees, Lanny Donaho, onto the Jay Leno show. This guy is one of the most ridiculous, creative people I've ever seen. If anyone could come up with his own successful campaign to be on Leno, it's Lanny.
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