Staying is the New Going — Alan Briggs
My take: This book helped with some personal contentment issues. It is easy to look past my current context and be more excited for the future than the present. Briggs has some killer quotes that get at our jealousy and wanderlust problems. Lots of stuff he says isn’t strictly provable, but the anecdotes are compelling.
Quotes:
Many of us are in serious need of roots. Maybe you’ve been in your city for years, but you’ve never made it your home. — 3
If we were looking for the means to destroy the impact of the local church, I believe we’d place transience and disconnection high on the list. — 3
This [disconnection] is a departure from the past, where the church took responsibility for its context, and the people inhabiting its place. — 4
There are no incarnational strategists, only practitioners. — 8
Transience in church leaders communicates that place is inconsequential or unimportant. — 10
The loyalty and devotion to a particular geographic area and everyone who lives there should be legendary. — 18
These movement leaders realized they must stay long enough in the city to see young people transition into prominent city leaders. — 123
Most of us are in this zone; we have a crush on the place we live, but we haven’t made a commitment. — 137
