Monday, June 2, 2025

Bullet Points about Systemic / Cultural / Deep Change

 

  • Data Doesn’t Drive Change. Narrative Does

  • Loyal Customers are the Enemy of Change

  • Tradition / Organization-Culture Kills Vision. Every. Time.

  • The Known Familiar Kills the Desired Future. Every. Time.
    (Well, 100 years ago is a counter example. What happened then?)

  • Why Are There No Dinosaurs?

  • The World Does Not Exist to Give the Church a Reason for Being

  • The Church Is Not for Christians

  • Kenosis / Self-Emptying Is Hierarchic / Colonizing Language

  • “Welcome” is Hierarchic / Colonizing Language

  • Salvation and Atonement Are Hierarchical / Colonizing Language

  • Exactly What “Message” Are We Selling?

  • What a Friend We Have in Jesus

  • The Good News of Jesus Christ Is Not the Church

  • Data About the Church is Not Data about The Gospel

  • Evolution Promotes Diversity. Not Equity or Inclusion or Justice

  • All Change Is Loss

  • Show Me the Money (Demographics Don’t Reveal Real-World Power)

  • Does Anyone Here Know How To Go Viral?

  • Can We Have A Church Without Colleges And Libraries? Pension Plans?

David Ewart (aka Dr. Doom)
June 2025

Bullet Points about Systemic / Cultural / Deep Change

  Data Doesn’t Drive Change. Narrative Does Loyal Customers are the Enemy of Change Tradition / Organization-Culture Kills Vision. ...