Quotes about Adaptation

If you want your church to stand the test of time, then you have to be replaced.

What have we fallen in love with that's not as effective as it used to be? What do we love doing that's not really working? What's off limits for discussion? Do we have any "old couches" that need to be thrown out?

It's a shame that so many churches are married to a designed-by-Christians-for-Christians-only culture. A culture in which they talk about the Great Commission, sing about the Great Commission, but refuse to reorganize their churches around the Great Commission.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

They have adjusted their style in order to worship with their kids. Shouldn't we be willing to adjust ours to reach their kids?

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

I found that this Parkinson's does slow you down, whether you want to slow down or not.

As humans, we've always innovated our way out of problems, whether it was the first torch to light a dark cave or the steam engine that sparked a revolution.

Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.