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Getting into the Weeds of Innovation – and Loving It

Getting into the Weeds of Innovation – and Loving It

by Marcus Bieschke | May 14, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

Innovation is gritty work. It demands getting our hands dirty. It means embracing messy. It invites us to jump into “the weeds,” as we look for bold solutions to some of our world’s most ingrown problems. Ironically, the most effective innovations tend to spring from...
What is the “Square Watermelon” of the Ministry World?

What is the “Square Watermelon” of the Ministry World?

by Marcus Bieschke | May 9, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

Several years ago, Japanese farmers got a neospark—a new idea to spark an innovation. They realized that the oblong, oval-round shape of natural watermelons makes them very difficult to pack in shipping trucks from the farm to the store, extremely difficult to stack...
The Tension of Innovation—You need BOTH Hard AND Soft Skills

The Tension of Innovation—You need BOTH Hard AND Soft Skills

by Marcus Bieschke | May 7, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

Innovation requires that you become cohabitationally comfortable with certain core tensions—tensions between popular, “soft” concepts like collaboration, experimentation, freedom to fail, freedom from fear, and decentralized leadership and then less popular, “hard”...
Spiritual Innovation: God’s Gift of our Regeneration

Spiritual Innovation: God’s Gift of our Regeneration

by Marcus Bieschke | Apr 2, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

But to all who have received Him—those who believe in His name—He has given the right to become God’s children.John 1:12 The very moment a person trusts Jesus Christ, he or she is regenerated. The simplest way to explain the concept of regeneration is this way: When...
A Delicate Question: Is It a Sin Not to Innovate?

A Delicate Question: Is It a Sin Not to Innovate?

by Marcus Bieschke | Mar 28, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

In our last post (“The Supreme Motivation for Innovation”), we learned that God’s unmistakable innovational impulse throughout redemptive history is motivated by His love for us. But there’s a delicate question we need to ask—specifically of those who claim to be in...
The Supreme Motivation for Innovation

The Supreme Motivation for Innovation

by Marcus Bieschke | Mar 26, 2019 | Foundations, Innovation

There is an undeniable and traceable thread of innovation throughout the entire record of redemptive history, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. And this innovational “newness-for-value” (or different-for-impact) pattern is so clearly evident from even a superficial...
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