Cows, after you've seen them for a while, are boring. They may be well-bred co
ws, Six Sigma cows, cows lit by a beautiful light, but they are still boring. A Purple Cow, though: Now, that would really stand out. The essence of the Purple Cow -- the reason it would shine among a crowd of perfectly competent, even undeniably excellent cows -- is that it would be remarkable. Something remarkable is worth talking about, worth paying attention to. Boring stuff quickly becomes invisible.So if you are a church planter, what are the audacious things your church must do (and be) to be "worth talking about, worth paying attention to" so it does not "quickly become invisible"?

Seth Godin is a bit of a purple cow himself - so he has credibility in this arena!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing - albeit "unwillingly" ;-) - it will surely be valuable to myself and many others.
Absolutely LOVE that book. I've read that so many times and every time I get something new out of it.
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