tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post3119737427012060418..comments2023-09-25T09:37:40.536-07:00Comments on kairos : kisses: The Law Of The FewAndrew Dowsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-58307755575605873532009-01-17T13:02:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:02:00.000-08:00Sorry - that should have ended:"no-one to pastor a...Sorry - that should have ended:<BR/>"no-one to pastor and teach..."Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-14946951618812911922009-01-16T14:53:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:53:00.000-08:00Great to hear from you, Alex. I really appreciate...Great to hear from you, Alex. I really appreciate your observation that those who most need APEs are those with a vested interest in the current situation - i.e. (because that is what the Church tends to select) pastors and teachers...<BR/>It ties in with an observation Al Hirsch makes in 'The Forgotten Ways' that the five roles in Ephesians 4 build on the previous one - the consequence of PTs suppressing APEs is, no-one pastor and teach...Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-22201441449723767032009-01-16T13:42:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:42:00.000-08:00Really interesting blogs on Tipping Point material...Really interesting blogs on Tipping Point material, Andrew. I'd agree with you about the comparisons you make between connectors, mavens and salesmen and APEs (!). One of the things Gladwell shows is how little those three roles are properly understood or (often) valued, esp by those who are not performing that role at a particular time. This is just as true in church life: those who have the vested interest in the current situation are the ones who most need to release the APEs, so they can start calling the wider community into the new things that the Holy Spirit is wanting us all to be and do. But, of course, that is where the rubber hits the road!<BR/>Right now I'm reading Gladwell's latest book, Outliers, which is about how success does (and doesn't) occur, which builds on some of the material you've outlined so well in these posts.<BR/>PS As a digression, loved your childcare confession - obviously no other Dads reading the blog have ever done anything like that, oh no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com