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