"you've gotta do a better job of getting it out there"

these were len's famous (and formative) words to Jvo and I on Orcas Island.  He was super-complimentary about the winds - told us that there was no one doing the stuff we were doing, that we were underestimating our potential for impact, etc - but he nailed us for doing such a poor job of resourcing the church.

he said that the purpose of R & D isn't just to experiment, but to provide models of experiments that others can replicate.

A + for experimentation

C+ for modeling and replication

it was a very important conversation for Jvo and I to have together with Len (yesterday am over breakfast), because we both get really nervous about being self-aggrandizing.

His advice?  

"Get over it...your job is to carve new paths, and you have to tell people what works for you and why or else you're just working too hard for a local church that probably doesn't fully understand how significant this truly is."

wow.

p.s. that "quote" above was really more a smashing-together of a 15minute manifesto...which we're both still processing :)