Catalyst Day 2 Session #1
- 8:50 AM ryangeiger - Priscilla Shirer is the founder of Going Beyond Ministries. She is and author and Bible teacher.
- 8:50 AM ryangeiger - www.goingbeyond.com
- 8:51 AM ryangeiger - Find those who are unlike you, put your arm around them, and love them to Jesus
- 8:51 AM ryangeiger - She is talking about the life change of the lead singer of Corn, Brian
- 8:54 AM ryangeiger - And they left everything to follow Jesus-The Bible
- 8:55 AM ryangeiger - Is your life a life interrupted? Divinely placed in God’s hand and being used by God.
- 8:57 AM ryangeiger - Will we yield to God’s direction even if it is different than the direction we thought we signed up for?
- 8:58 AM ryangeiger - She is talking about the story of Joshua. This has been talked about several times at Catalyst, I wonder if God is trying to tell us something.
- 8:58 AM ryangeiger - There are 4 things that Joshua did in his life that characterized his life of leadership.
- 8:59 AM ryangeiger - 1. Joshua rose early in the morning
- 8:59 AM ryangeiger - Joshua acted immediatly in obedience to God
- 9:00 AM ryangeiger - Act immediately to God’s call.
- 9:03 AM ryangeiger - 2. Joshua acted fearlessly
- 9:03 AM ryangeiger - 300 times in scripture God talks about not being afraid, “fear not”
- 9:06 AM ryangeiger - Are you excited about the treasure in your life that you already have.
- 9:06 AM ryangeiger - God has given you power to do and be
- 9:07 AM ryangeiger - If God’s presence is not going, were not going
- 9:07 AM ryangeiger - 3. Acknowledge the presence of God
- 9:08 AM ryangeiger - Jesus did His Fathers will and nothing else
- 9:08 AM ryangeiger - We get so busy doing everything else that we don’t have enough energy to do God’s will
- 9:09 AM ryangeiger - Sometimes kids say things that we think but would never say
- 9:10 AM ryangeiger - Your not God
- 9:10 AM ryangeiger - 4. Anticipate God’s miracles
- 9:11 AM ryangeiger - I’m going to act today as if God is going to move tomorrow
- 9:11 AM ryangeiger - Assume that God can do the unthinkable
- 9:11 AM ryangeiger - Quit putting God in a box
- 9:13 AM ryangeiger - They followed Joshua 2000 years ago and they will follow you today.
- 9:13 AM ryangeiger - Wow she brought God’s Word…Dang
Francis Chan
- 8:30 PM ryangeiger - I love how Francis Chan saturates his talks with grace and truth and lives in the scriptures
- 8:31 PM ryangeiger - Francis Chan is the pastor of Cornerstone Church in California. He is the author of Crazy Love which is one of my top 5 favorite books and his blog is www.francischanblog.blogspot.com
- 8:31 PM ryangeiger - We were dead, we should be in hell, but Jesus…
- 8:33 PM ryangeiger - The presence of almighty God is with us right now…have you stopped to think about the presence of a God, who is crazy about us and loves us?
- 8:34 PM ryangeiger - Ever had people tell you your not good enough? Jesus says I saved you and set you apart…you are good enough.
- 8:36 PM ryangeiger - Have you stopped to slow down to simply focus on Jesus and His love and focus on how He has saved us. Do we realize how good we have it?
- 8:37 PM ryangeiger - Quoting Louig Giglio…Sometimes I am better at showing others grace and love and the gospel than I am doing for myself.
- 8:37 PM ryangeiger - Are you excited and content in the fact that you are forgiven right now?
- 8:38 PM ryangeiger - Sometimes that the cross will carry it. Sometimes we don’t have faith that Christ is enough. Sometimes we don’t have the faith that communion is enough.
- 8:39 PM ryangeiger - Francis is reading out of Romans 5
- 8:40 PM ryangeiger - “While we were yet sinners Christ died for us” -How crazy is that?
- 8:41 PM ryangeiger - Spontaneous fellowship over the cross //interesting phrase
- 8:42 PM ryangeiger - Have you ever cried over how good God is?
- 8:43 PM ryangeiger - 1 Peter 5:6-
- 8:44 PM ryangeiger - Forget that you are a leader and that you are one breathe away from standing before God…so tonight humble yourselves and allow God to exalt you. Give him everything because He loves you.
- 8:46 PM ryangeiger - Your adversary wants nothing more for you to be consumed with changing the world instead of giving it to Him and allowing God to change it.
- 8:47 PM ryangeiger - Other people won’t let you forget your mistakes but God is the giver of all grace
- 8:48 PM ryangeiger - God HIMSELF will restore you
- 8:50 PM ryangeiger - Francis is going to lead us in communion…so this is the end for tonight.
Catalyst Session #5
- 2:29 PM ryangeiger - Now Rob Bell will be up in a moment…Rob Bell is the Pastor of Mars Hill Church www.marshill.org
- 2:30 PM ryangeiger - You can follow Rob Bell on Twitter at twitter.com
- 2:44 PM ryangeiger - In his prayer he said the bush is always burning and the ground is always holy
- 2:45 PM ryangeiger - Hes walking through a conversation with a pastor who wanted to quit
- 2:46 PM ryangeiger - Had him show his schedule on a pie chart
- 2:49 PM ryangeiger - His main question for us today is bigger better?
- 2:50 PM ryangeiger - John 6
- 2:52 PM ryangeiger - In this story Jesus has to confront misconceptions about the Messiah
- 2:52 PM ryangeiger - A group of disciples tell him they can’t do that and they leave
- 2:52 PM ryangeiger - Sometimes the crowd thins and people leave
- 3:42 PM ryangeiger - Sorry there was a crash and lost the second half of the notes, I’ll grab them from our team and post later.
Catalyst Session #4
- 1:00 PM ryangeiger - Rob Bell Pastor of Mars Hill Church is about to go on
- 1:02 PM ryangeiger - Rob Bell is the author of Jesus Wants To Save Christians and Velvet Elvis
- 1:03 PM ryangeiger - First is Shane Hipps who is a pastor and former Ad Executive for Porsche
- 1:05 PM ryangeiger - Nature of Communication: Christianity is fundamentally a communication event
- 1:05 PM ryangeiger - God is revealing God’s self to the world and He has used whatever he wants to impact how we understand the nature of God
- 1:06 PM ryangeiger - The METHODS always change but the MESSAGE stays the same
- 1:06 PM ryangeiger - Without change the methods become irrelevant
- 1:09 PM ryangeiger - How you say something matters more as much as what you say
- 1:10 PM ryangeiger - Advertising: written words and images are different in how we process the information
- 1:11 PM ryangeiger - Images and words are not interchangeable
- 1:13 PM ryangeiger - How you say something will shape how it’s understood
- 1:14 PM ryangeiger - Mark 2:22
- 1:17 PM ryangeiger - The new wine matched the new wine skins..the medium is the message
- 1:22 PM ryangeiger - What if the gospel is like a living thing as opposed to a lifeless architect
- 1:23 PM ryangeiger - *Artifact
- 1:23 PM ryangeiger - A Gardner protects, cultivates and loves the process of growth
- 1:25 PM ryangeiger - We have become like guards with the gospel and protect it out of fear as opposed to cultivating out of love
- 1:26 PM ryangeiger - There are diamonds in the rock of scripture that we have yet to discover
- 1:26 PM ryangeiger - They have not been accessed because they did not need them
- 1:27 PM ryangeiger - Motivated with love not fearful and overprotective
- 1:27 PM ryangeiger - Shane Hipps just ended
Catalyst Session #3
- 10:33 AM ryangeiger - Malcolm Gladwell is a best-selling author of Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point.
- 10:33 AM ryangeiger - www.gladwell.com
- 10:33 AM ryangeiger - Malcolm is giving an extend illustration from the Civil War
- 10:36 AM ryangeiger - Miscalibration is having excess confidence in a decision. It’s thinking you know more than you actually do.
- 10:36 AM ryangeiger - Incompetance annoys me, overconfidence scares me
- 10:37 AM ryangeiger - We like overconfidence when it comes to the brain surgeon assuring us that everything is going to be okay, even if it is not going to be.
- 10:38 AM ryangeiger - Overconfidence in some cases will put our nerves at ease
- 10:40 AM ryangeiger - Hooker vs. Lee in Civil War. You can read the history of it here at Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
- 10:41 AM ryangeiger - He is comparing Hooker to the financial collapse we are dealing with today. Overconfidence is the fall
- 10:43 AM ryangeiger - Overconfidence has the potential to lead to irresponsibility
- 10:44 AM ryangeiger - The world around is changing but you can’t see it because of your overconfidence
- 10:47 AM ryangeiger - Hooker was let go and that was during a time that we let go of incompentant leaders
- 10:48 AM ryangeiger - In times of crisis we think we need daring and bold decision making from our leaders and we don’t we need humility
- 10:49 AM ryangeiger - Andy Stanley is interviewing Malcolm Gladwell
- 10:49 AM ryangeiger - What are signs of a overconfident leader?
- 10:50 AM ryangeiger - Overconfidence has the potential to be in all of us
- 10:50 AM ryangeiger - One of the key signs is when they stop listening to those around them
- 10:50 AM ryangeiger - They cut themselves off from feedback
- 10:51 AM ryangeiger - Even if you think you know everything it is your willingness to admit you may not
- 10:51 AM ryangeiger - Can a leader see overconfidence in the mirror?
- 10:52 AM ryangeiger - Yes and we have to thank those who bring it to our attention
- 10:53 AM ryangeiger - What do you say to a pastor resisting accountability or team leadership?
- 10:54 AM ryangeiger - You can’t do it all by yourself…not seeing this becomes the crisis moment. The principles that worked for a small church don’t work for a big church…change is innevitable.
- 10:54 AM ryangeiger - Leadership has to become more collective.
- 10:56 AM ryangeiger - Andy Stanley is done interviewing Malcolm.
Cataylst Session #2
- 9:57 AM ryangeiger - Jessica Jackley is the co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online microlending website.
- 9:58 AM ryangeiger - This will be a an interview by Reggie Joyner
- 9:59 AM ryangeiger - Jackie is talking about poverty and how we as a society exploit the poor through sadness and it doesn’t have to be that way.
- 10:00 AM ryangeiger - Compassion is a beautiful thing. She felt bad, guilty and shameful about her wealth.
- 10:01 AM ryangeiger - She wanted to just throw money at the problem
- 10:04 AM ryangeiger - did $500,ooo in the first year of peer-to-peer loans on average $500 per person
- 10:04 AM ryangeiger - 4th year and they are up to 100 hundred million dollars of transfer each year
- 10:04 AM ryangeiger - Here is the link to Kiva. www.kiva.org
- 10:05 AM ryangeiger - Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
- 10:06 AM ryangeiger - You can follow Kiva on Twitter at twitter.com #cat09
- 10:07 AM ryangeiger - Poverty creates distance between the rich and poor. Kiva is trying to blur the lines and build connections of dignity and hope.
- 10:08 AM ryangeiger - Kiva just launched in the US a few months ago…now those who were recieved years ago may be able to help someone else here in America.
- 10:08 AM ryangeiger - It’s all about seeing each other as human beings.
Catalyst Session #1
- 9:44 AM ryangeiger - Joshua 23:8
- 9:45 AM ryangeiger - Joshua is talking about this at the end of his life not at the begining.
- 9:46 AM ryangeiger - Andy is talking about making your mark and leaving a legacy for the generation that is coming
- 9:46 AM ryangeiger - Joshua 5:13
- 9:47 AM jeremyhallmusic - Andy Stanley speakin now at #CAT09 of joshua and the battle of jerrico
- 9:47 AM algrisham - Can’t wait to actually talk face to face w/ ORANGE friends who I usually only get to talk with on the phone at #cat09!
- 9:47 AM larrymnelson - “As a leader, you won’t be aware of the mark you make, for good or for evil, until well after you’ve made it.” – Andy Stanley, #cat09
- 9:47 AM mnealo - Top Trending = #cat09 ; #Catalyst is #9. Big conference – see www.catalystbackstage.com
- 9:47 AM marcshroyer - Catalyst session 1 from my view #cat09 twitpic.com
- 9:47 AM marcshroyer -
- 9:47 AM articoo - nice #cat09 bit.ly
- 9:48 AM garash - #cat09 y Catalyst son Trending topics, @Gatafama va a despertar de buenas.
- 9:48 AM ScottWilliams - Andy Stanley teaching through the life of Joshua… Are you for us or against us? Neither! @andystanley #CAT09
- 9:48 AM FrankTweets - I don’t like that Twitter tells me #cat09 is only trending because its some religious conference. I was hoping it was actually cat-related.
- 9:48 AM alexispuebla - Sooo cool that #cpc09, #cat09, and Catalyst are all trending. I hope God does some crazy things there!
- 9:48 AM mission_ed - znl.me We’ve been marked @ #cat09 namb_sbc
- 9:48 AM Daily_Sport - Bring Our Troops Back Home – Sign The Daily Sport Newspaper Petition bit.ly #cat09 #halloween #royalmail #ims09 #bono
- 9:48 AM bryanmcgee - Must not covet my friends at #cat09. Must not covet my friends at #cat09. Must not covet my friends at #cat09. Yeah, it’s not working.
- 9:48 AM FrankTweets - Also, has anyone made a #cat09 tails joke yet? If not, I’m calling dibs.
- 9:48 AM ryangeiger - Are you willing to allow God to make the mark in your life vs. you leaving your mark?
- 9:48 AM jford01 - Catalystbackstage.com #cat09
- 9:48 AM jgooz - Defining statement for Joshua. Joshua 24:15 “choose this day whom u serve, as for me/my house we will serve the Lord” #Cat09
- 9:49 AM davidhuey - bummed i’m missing Catalyst -wedding took priority this yr i’ll be back! #cat09
- 9:49 AM ryangeiger - Are you willing to submit your motives to God’s story?
- 9:49 AM HiGoToGuy - Good morning, check this out free. It enables you to promote your services/products: bit.ly #cat09 #cpc09 #IMS09
- 9:49 AM changeisgood4u - Awesome #cat09 is on top of Twitter’s trending topics list. Wish I could be there. I will have 2 hit up Catalyst West Coast again next yr!
- 9:49 AM spex357 - Wondering if #cpc09 will get past the religious conference #cat09
- 9:49 AM fastdesigning - What is #cat09. This is a trending topic today
- 9:49 AM Drew_Adams - I’m at Catalyst 2009 Conference! @AndyStanley is kicking it off in a few minutes! read.ly #cat09
- 9:50 AM angelacheatham - Leadership: “God has not been invited to play a role in my story, but I have been invited to play a role in his.” #CAT09
- 9:50 AM vinceparker - Are you willing to submit your leadership to play a role in Gods story? ~ Andy Stanley #cat09
- 9:50 AM rhino_sex - Goodmorning. Today it appears that Twitter was hijacked by marketing and religious fanatics. See TTs #ims09 and #cat09.
- 9:50 AM djberg - Are you wanting God to be part of your story, or do you want to be a part of God’s story? Andy Stanley #cat09
- 9:50 AM suechil - Lady getting marked at #cat09 namb_sbc pic.gd
- 9:50 AM human3rror - Haha. The audio feed was still running… I guess this is the REAL backstage… #cat09
- 9:50 AM owzaemma - #cat09 I want to visit a adult shop, maybe for a outing one day with my friends, we’re like thay
- 9:50 AM angelacheatham - “A leader not in authority, but under authority.” #CAT09
- 9:51 AM avtoolman - Does I live as if God plays a role in my story or do I play the role to which He’s called me in His Story? Andy Stanley #cat09
- 9:51 AM braddutton - love reading all the tweets from #cat09 Currently watching Lanny get a tattoo on catalystbackstage.com i now have no excuse not to get one.
- 9:51 AM johncmaxwell - Wanting to wish Catalyst conference a happy 10th anniversary! Praying that it’s meaningful for you. #cat09
- 9:51 AM DarkTearsEnt - good morning #cat09 luv #cpc09 it national poety day with halloween around the corrner im the catalyst for queen someday winning nobel prize
- 9:51 AM EllePyke - “God has not been invited to play a role in my story, but I have been invited to play a role in his.” Andy Stanley #CAT09
- 9:51 AM JeremyKeegan29 - Will you be a leader not with authority, but uder authority? #cat09
- 9:52 AM shiftedfocus - All the super cool pastors with iPhones have crashed the ATT 3G network at catalyst. #cat09
- 9:52 AM b3nst3wart - Love the #cat09 peeps but if you want to push the tech envelope please do it well-backwards twitter feeds & poor audio catalystbackstage.com
- 9:52 AM AneesYounis - Hmmm having done a little Google homework on Catalyst it seems their vision is to shape leaders in the church for the next-generation #cat09
- 9:52 AM LinkBus - Live with Urgency! Win an iPod Touch. Just tweet #NAMB_SBC and #cat09 and win! bit.ly
- 9:52 AM trippcrosby - #cat09 number one trending topic right now
- 9:52 AM LloydTheBuilder - Come on by the booth for a demo of how The City can build your community during the break. #CAT09. First 50 get a shirt.
- 9:53 AM cavettbinion - Andy Stanley at #CAT09 on Joshua – before you make your mark, be the leader who cares not who’s for or against you, just make mark for God.
- 9:53 AM mikekelsey - Enjoying vacation but can’t believe I’m not at #cat09
- 9:53 AM bcorder - Watching Catalyst Backstage and wishing I was there! #cat09
- 9:53 AM bbqbob - #cpc09 is tranding at number 1, more than #cat09 God knows which side is best
- 9:53 AM chrisbradysf - Be more concerned about whose side you are on not whose on your side @andystanley #cat09
- 9:53 AM hotroxboggsy - Oh I got it now… I’m a doofus! #cat09
- 9:54 AM Marla_Saunders - Be more concerned with whose side you’re on than who’s on your side. -Andy Stanley #cat09
- 9:54 AM dmclives - Listening to Andy Stanley’s talk on “Leaving Your Mark” at the 1st session of Catalyst. #cat09
- 9:54 AM msudawg - “You need to ask each day whose side you’re on and not who’s on your side.” Andy Stanley #cat09
- 9:54 AM followjon - Andy Stanley: Less about whose side you’re on, more about Who is on your side. #cat09
- 9:54 AM logandurham - Rocking #CAT09 Steve Fee a baller
- 9:54 AM cavettbinion - God takes full responsibility for the life wholly devoted to God – Stanley at #CAT09 on his dad’s ways. His dad prayed with fervor & honesty
- 9:54 AM vinceparker - God takes full responsibility for the life holy devoted to him. Andy Stanley Dad~ #cat09
- 9:54 AM djberg - God takes full responsibility for the life wholly devoted to Him – Charles Stanley via Andy #cat09
- 9:55 AM ryangeiger - If God wants me to leave I’ll leave but I can’t go until God tells me I’m free to go. Great wisdom in that.
- 9:55 AM ryangeiger - You can’t just quit under pressure.
- 9:56 AM ryangeiger - God takes full responsibility for the life holy devoted to Him.
- 9:57 AM ryangeiger - Andy is telling a story about when his dad got hit in church.
- 9:57 AM ryangeiger - Andy says it was a typical Wednesday night…laughter
- 9:58 AM ryangeiger - It’s about making a mark its about being in a position to allow God to make a mark through you.
- 10:01 AM ryangeiger - If I win I win, If I lose I win. Because my responsibility is to be obedient to God and trust Him for the consequences. A comment his father made about his candancy for president of the convention.
- 10:02 AM ryangeiger - Am I going to live my life for who is for me or against me or will I live my life for who I am for?
- 10:03 AM ryangeiger - We must decide once and for and every single day, we don’t just have authority or under authority but it’s about who am I for?
- 10:04 AM ryangeiger - When God does his greatest work through you, you won’t even realize it.
- 10:05 AM ryangeiger - Our mark isn’t worth our life. Living to make my mark is to small a thing to give my whole life to.
- 10:05 AM ryangeiger - But allowing God to make a mark through you is a thing worth giving your life to
- 10:07 AM ryangeiger - Leaders you are going to leave a mark that is what leaders do. Who’s mark is it going to be?
- 10:07 AM ryangeiger - Let’s not waste our lives trying to leave a tiny mark, but play a bigger part in God’s story to leave a mark in our communites and our world.
- 10:07 AM ryangeiger - Andy is closing up with prayer and a challenge.
Vacation
Was on vacation this last week but I will be back to blogging this week…stay tuned.
MADE
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BLOG FAST
I will be taking a blog fast and stepping away for a bit. I have found that technology is great but it has also consumed me. I am taking some time away while God speaks to me. I am hoping that when I come back in about 30 days that I will have more material that will challenge and inspire you as God speaks to me. I will continue to Twitter and thanks for reading.
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