Category: Culture

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Asking vs Guessing

Are you from an ask or a guess culture? You may be unfamiliar with these concepts. If you’re like me, you’re already putting the pieces together of what ask culture and guess culture are. I’ll give you a short explanation and for further clarity, you can read about these concepts at 99u, The Guardian, or the original concept at ask.metafilter.com. These articles came across my desk this week and I had a need to share them. For me, it explained some otherwise nuanced things in my relationships with others. I think it will also explain some relational pain points to you in regards to asking vs guessing cultures. Continue reading “Asking vs Guessing”

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Afros

Ah Yes, Afros. You remember those? Some of you may still have one, or you may have that friend who doesn’t realize that it’s not as stylish as any movie made in the 70’s would tell you. If you don’t have that friend, you may be that friend. Quick, check your head for a giant poof of hair!! No? Don’t have an Afro? Whew <sigh> that was a close one. So…about those Afros. Continue reading “Afros”

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Ravers, Deadheads of the 90’s

Ah yes. Raves. Those were fun. You remember? No? Neither do I. It was like that thing that tons of people did, but I just didn’t get it. (Whatever it is.) Maybe it was because of the lack of drugs? I’m definitely sure it also had something to do with my lack of JNCO’s. I do recall all of the ravers were really nice, and didn’t seem to be banging on all cylinders. I guess it makes sense. Continue reading “Ravers, Deadheads of the 90’s”

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Being Who You Are

In church planting, it seems, there are continuous talks around what qualities are needed for a church planter. It seems that, for a lot of groups, what these qualities come down to are the difference between extroversion and introversion. There are other qualities that are discussed such as spiritual life, personal\family health, etc. While those are always deemed most important in the qualities needed, they seem to go away quickly as if they are simply the barrier to entry in consideration. The thing that I’ve found takes up the majority of the conversation is Continue reading “Being Who You Are”

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Worship Style And Model Aren’t Your Problem – Part 3

For the last few weeks we’ve talked about 4 surveys that indicate the worship style and model of your church aren’t what get people to come to your church, or keep people to stay in your church. You can read the first post here and more about the survey here. The closest worship got to the top on any survey was right in the middle on why people attend church and this is only stated as “to worship God” so it doesn’t seem indicative of style. The other interesting thing is that Worship hits the very bottom of the list for reasons un-churched people will either come or stick around. Another odd point is that while Pastor/Preaching is 90% of why someone un-churched would show up, it’s 38% of why they would stay. It seems the biggest thing to get and keep people come down to two questions. Continue reading “Worship Style And Model Aren’t Your Problem – Part 3”

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Worship Style and Model Aren’t Your Problem – Part 2

Last week on Conversatio Morum we went into why the style of music and the model of your church aren’t the hindrances to growth that you’d think they are. You can read that here. The reality is that you can look at any model or worship style and see churches that are, and aren’t, reaching people. You can find churches on all sides of this that are, and aren’t, making a difference. So, what makes the difference?

First, before we get there, I’d like to state that I feel on some level we need to change how we qualify success. Continue reading “Worship Style and Model Aren’t Your Problem – Part 2”