“Hope doesn’t come from circumstances. Real hope comes from a real expectation of goodness in the future…”
We wear so many hats that seem to pull us in all directions. How could we go from surviving to thriving? In the Art of Venn we look for places of convergence - hear the wisdom of voices across the movement.
Note: COVID-related episodes in Season 2 include episodes 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, and 19.
“Hope doesn’t come from circumstances. Real hope comes from a real expectation of goodness in the future…”
“One of my convictions is knowing what the Spirit is doing in the room and how people are responding…”
“It was important in my 20s to fail well and fail often."
“I am alone. I feel so unknown… Is this what leadership in ministry is supposed to be like?”
"It’s giving time back ultimately to do the things that the Lord has called us to do on campus."
“We will always feel a level of resistance to enter into the unknown.”
“It’s a no lose situation to contact a donor.”
Dabney Robinson (National Director of MPD) gives some helpful tips for doing MPD during the pandemic.
“The most important resource any of us has is trust.”
Andy Crouch discusses how technology impacts relationships during the pandemic.
“Real creativity begins with lament.”
Andy Crouch shares his reflections on holding the tensions between lament and creativity during the pandemic.
Andy Crouch shares a sobering take on the likely impact on the COVID-19 virus of our organizations, urging Christian leaders to treat COVID-19 as an economic and cultural change that is likely to affect our lives and organizations for years.
“Maybe the Spirit might give us a word about how to proceed forward in a new or creative way we haven’t thought about before.”
“Emotional martyrs and soul-denigrating martyrdom… I don’t believe God calls that of us.”
“I need to make me a part of the equation when we talk about caring.”
"Having great answers is a side benefit of doing theology..."
“Part-time mom planters might be the best planters in the country.”
“One cannot and should not in fact, do it all.”
“I don’t think giving up on faith altogether is the answer”
“Being an Indian of faith can make you an inconvenient Indian”
New episodes of The Art of Venn are coming! Season 2 Episode 1 will drop on January 21st.
“I don’t find that burnout is related to the workload… the heart of burnout is hope and motivation.”
“Theology is about asking good questions.”
“For me to understand who I was and who God was… I really needed to engage the world of mental health.”
“My favorite part of my job is seeing a new funded future…“
"Every staff at every stage needs someone to walk with them in their staff leadership development."
"If we are able to resist the patterns of the world, then we can participate in the renewal of all things, and the first thing to be restored is us."
Staff life is complicated. We wear so many hats that seem to pull us in all directions. How could we go from surviving to thriving? In the Art of Venn we look for places of convergence - hear the wisdom of voices across the movement.