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Our churches and Moneyball
If you haven’t seen the movie Moneyball yet, you need to.
Like now.
Click out of this window. Close your laptop. Get in the car. And go buy it. Not rent. Buy.
If there was ever a metaphor for what the church is going through right now…it’s found in this film. If there was ever an image to describe why we need courageous, pioneering, humble, adventurous leaders in the church today who are willing to ask different questions and thus receive different answers…it’s found in this film.
What if we’ve been trying to build a church the wrong way around for quite a long time…only we’ve been doing it for so long we didn’t even know it? What if fear of the unknown is greater than any real fear itself?
We need leaders who are willing to be misunderstood, critiqued, mocked, made fun of and looked down on. It may not necessarily happen, but we need to accept it’s possible.
Check out this trailer of the film below, but here’s my favorite quote: “The first one through the wall always gets bloody.”
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When I saw money ball at the cinema i thought of what God was doing in our context. But more broadly God is taking those who are deemed to be misfits and who don’t fit the church cultural norm to advance his kingdom. All of us on our team are rejects of some description, yet we find value and acceptance together. Thanks Paul.
Hi Doug, went out bought the movie. Wow this definitely answers a lot of loose ends for me and the missional church. We are embarking on this mission of disciplining with our small group and our church as a whole. Thank you for this insight and enjoyed the movie. We are finding that we where just meeting on Sundays and the rest of the week was empty. We where just gathering information and not acting on what God has destined us to do—DISCIPLE. Once again thanks.