Kevin Rush :: Blog :: The Story is the Focus

http://www.kezrush.com/2008/04/ministry-focus.html

I was reading this really good post over on Seth Godin's Blog.

It talks about the business world and how their is a tendency to focus on the work and not the story. The story is who you are and why you do what you do. Not the day to day operations. The post concludes with "The story creates the work and the work creates the story."

For those of you who are in ministry I hope you hear this loud and clear. I know we aren't selling anything, but we tend to get in a rut of doing ministry work and not telling the wonderful story of God. The story is what fuels our hearts, our souls and ultimately gives us strength to do the work. As we work, the work will create better and better stories to tell.

And allow me to let you in on a little secret...

Telling the story, the good news, takes care of the work for you. Sharing how God is changing you, how God has changed the world and how God wants to change them will begin to change your heart and their's on the spot.

Tell the story, tell your story, tell our story, tell his story!