tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253529165034405240.post-22624150005807349762008-01-15T12:50:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:57:06.841-05:002008-01-15T12:57:06.841-05:00Almost done with <strong>"The Starfish and the Spider"</strong> by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom. If you're into business stuff and (especially) organizational leadership, it's a great book. It's about the power of decentralized leadership. Full of interesting/fun examples like the Apache Indians, Napster, eMule, the women's suffrage movement, etc.<br /><br />A lot of it makes sense, and I want to be able to totally say, "Yeah, that's how the church should be!" except that I've never personally seen a healthy church without a single healthy leader who is receiving the vision (from God), and proclaiming it (to the people). <br /><br />Someone told me once, "Everything God creates has one head, and anything with two heads is a <strong><em>monster</em></strong>." When it comes to the idea of co-Senior-Sastors, I totally agree.<br /><br />But the authors of this book probably wouldn't suggest having two co-Senior Pastors (instead of one), but instead having none.<br /><br />Anyway, if you're looking for something to read and like this kind of stuff, it's good.<br /><br />Or, if you're looking for something to read - my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Became-Christian-This-Lousy-T-Shirt/dp/0801068185/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1200419740&amp;sr=8-1">book</a> comes out in two freaking weeks. Holy crap. That is really weird...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">- featured on newchurches.com</span>Vince Antonucci:http://www.blogger.com/profile/01577695138497215119noreply@blogger.com