Comments on: Pacing Gets You Nowhere

By: How to develop a desperate prayer life - Desire Spiritual Growth

How to develop a desperate prayer life - Desire Spiritual Growth — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:42:39 +0000

[...] cut the time down drastically, and find something better to do with yourself. I can relate to the circumstances that spawned Don’s idea. I hope some of you will join [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:18:48 +0000

Then you are a step ahead of me – I felt like I was bogged down and missing out on forward motion, but had forgotten the war against clutter and busyness.

Let the battle continue.

By: friar_don

friar_don — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:06:15 +0000

Man, it is good to know I am not alone. I feel like I have a lot of clutter going on. I hope to get rid of some of it this next week.

By: friar_don

friar_don — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:05:43 +0000

Thanks. I wrote it myself

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:42:30 +0000

Though in a different context, I feel the same.
The caged tiger.
The need for momentum.
The disdain for waiting.

By: MGEO

MGEO — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:22:58 +0000

I like the tiger/zoo analogy

By: friar_don

friar_don — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:40:01 +0000

I would not be worried about the growth rate if I was not stalled. By not moving this means there is a high chance we are being ineffective. However, the people who follow you will only do what they see you doing. This means, if I wallow around and do not pick up some intensity, neither will anyone else.
In reality, I just feel as though I have come to a grinding stop this week because of the stupid car accident. I cannot even get my mind to move forward. I rarely have writers block, but this last week I have had little or no desire to even write a small post. Some of it has just been forced. I think part of it has to do with my habits (watching more TV now that it gets dark early) than anything.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:01:52 +0000

Dave Dorr parachuted in to Cincy to plant with just 2 other people. That equals 4 people for his planting team. He went around with a survey and knocked on doors. After some time spent in the field, he ended up with about 13 people (I think). After about 2 years, Passage has around 50-60 people. If you ask me, that's a slow progress, considering what I hear from some planters, and what you and I both have experienced in Forest Park. What's interesting is that he continues to push on, I suppose because of his love for the Gospel. He doesn't preach "better life" messages. He preaches the Gospel, which isn't as attractive to some people, but at least he's holding on to his calling.

I don't know if you can relate with this or not or if I just spent 10% of your web page babbling.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:01:18 +0000

Dave Dorr parachuted in to Cincy to plant with just 2 other people. That equals 4 people for his planting team. He went around with a survey and knocked on doors. After some time spent in the field, he ended up with about 13 people (I think). After about 2 years, Passage has around 50-60 people. If you ask me, that's a slow progress, considering what I hear from some planters, and what you and both have experienced in Forest Park. What's interesting is that he continues to push on, I suppose because of his love for the Gospel. He doesn't preach "better life" messages. He preaches the Gospel, which isn't as attractive to some people, but at least he's holding on to his calling.

I don't know if you can relate with this or not or if I just spent 10% of your web page babbling.