BiblioFile Recommended Reading
October 1, 1999
Recommended reading from the horizon watchers.
Soul Tsunami:
Sink or Swim in the New Millennium Culture
Leonard Sweet
(Zondervan, 1999)
The wave of change
is rising, and Sweet describes ten "life rings" the church must grab. Each
ring is followed by "say what?" and "now what?" sections showing how churches
can use the information. Tsunami has a companion Web site, extensive footnotes,
and real church examples. My favorite ring: Get EPIC (experiential,
participatory, image-based, communal). Sweet says high tech must meet high
touch. This is a challenging book, to be taken in small bites. His follow-up,
AquaChurch, profiles 12 congregations applying the principles
Discontinuity and Hope:
Radical Change and the Path to the Future
Lyle Schaller
(Abingdon, 1999)
Schaller always
adds a sense of history. In his familiar, conversational style, he leads
readers through the seemingly random and disconnected changes of the late
twentieth century. These include shifts from small entities to large,
neighborhoods to regions, and superstars to teams. Schaller then describes
consequences for congregations, committees, parishioners, and denominations.
The Experience Economy
Joseph Pine and James Gilmore
(Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
The authors argue
that high profit businesses will move from arranging sales to staging experiences
for their customers in order to engage them on many levels. For example,
Disney World is not a daytripper's theme park anymore; it's a week-long
excursion to zoos, golf clubs, watersports, and nightspots. In the next phase,
businesses will seek to help customers change their lives. Churches, leaders
in transformation, face greater competition as it becomes profitable.
The 500 Year Delta:
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