contagious
Via Seth Godin.
A study out today shows that obesity is contagious.
If your best friend gets fat, your chances of gaining weight more than double. Malcolm Gladwell fans will recall his reporting that suicide among teenagers can be contagious as well.
So is terrorism, of course. And spamming. And graffiti.
The most important thing you can do is choose who you're hanging out with. The second high-leverage thing is to put dynamics in place that reinforce the ideas you'd like to see spread. Celebrate the heroes. Make it easy for those ideas to spread...
This study applies to student ministry so well. Students will become who their friends are. That's been a no-brainer for decades.
But the question is as a ministry or as a church or as a leader, are we creating the right environments to allow students to get closer to God? Are the environments we have conducive to promote a contagious excitement to follow close to Christ? Are the students we discipling excited about following God?
People are influential, especially jr. high and high school students. But contagious Christianity is only caught from those who are living their lives with excitement, passion, purpose, and fun.
Is your life and your relationship with God worth being contagious?
A study out today shows that obesity is contagious.
If your best friend gets fat, your chances of gaining weight more than double. Malcolm Gladwell fans will recall his reporting that suicide among teenagers can be contagious as well.
So is terrorism, of course. And spamming. And graffiti.
The most important thing you can do is choose who you're hanging out with. The second high-leverage thing is to put dynamics in place that reinforce the ideas you'd like to see spread. Celebrate the heroes. Make it easy for those ideas to spread...
This study applies to student ministry so well. Students will become who their friends are. That's been a no-brainer for decades.
But the question is as a ministry or as a church or as a leader, are we creating the right environments to allow students to get closer to God? Are the environments we have conducive to promote a contagious excitement to follow close to Christ? Are the students we discipling excited about following God?
People are influential, especially jr. high and high school students. But contagious Christianity is only caught from those who are living their lives with excitement, passion, purpose, and fun.
Is your life and your relationship with God worth being contagious?
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posted by Seth Henderson at 11:39 AM
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