Interviewed by Alex McManus (Creator of The Human Event)

Recently Alex McManus interviewed me on his BlogTalk Radio Show about Not Like Me (the book) and www.notlikeme.org (the new website to help pastors and church leaders create their own Not Like Me sermon series or small group series). Alex and I served together at Mosaic for several years. Alex is the author of Making the World Human Again, the founder of the International Mentoring Network and the creator of Voxtropolis, a collaboration between artists and activists, promoters and clubs, businesses and individuals designed to mobilze communities in the fight 4 humanity. Voxtropolis presently has expressions in the US, Canada and the UK  as well as a mirror expression in the cybersphere at Voxtropolis.com.  He has a wonderful and is a good friend of mine.

Alex created the Human Event which is coming up in Michigan on Oct. 13-14.

Listen to the interview here.

Origins Insights

Origins was a great event! Below are some helpful thoughts from the day:

“Beauty is rarely more pure as when it passes from one culture to another.” – Alex McManus

“Do you want to BE important or DO something important?” Mark Batterson

“Who we are in crisis is who we really are” – David Arcos on chaotic leadership

“People are not looking for information. They are looking for presence and you can’t fake that.” Erwin McManus

Erwin is often asked, “How do engage the world?” The better question: “What have you done to disengage the world?”

“Church world = 1st space. Marketplace = 2nd space. We can only enter the 3rd space by invitation because of quality of your work.” – Erwin

“At Mosaic, we like people that don’t look like us.” – Erwin

“The best way to keep money from being an idol in our lives is to give much of it away, often” – Deb Hirsch

I shared in a breakout about allowing people to belong before they believe.

Some thoughts:

Cause creates community. Jesus invited us to follow Him for what we can give not what we can get (Mt. 4:19).

The early church “praised God AND enjoyed the favor of all the people” because they were know as people who met the needs of others (Acts 2:47).

For the rest of the notes, send me an email to me at eric@mosaic.org with “Belonging Before Believing Notes” as the subject

BlogTalk Radio with Alex McManus

Join us live on Friday, April 17th at 11am (EST) on Alex McManus’ BlogTalk Radio Show.  The interview includes Q&A, so I would enjoy having you join us!

Also, for some fascinating discussions on Gallup’s Strengths Finder, listen in on some of Alex’s interviews at “Super Powers Central.” So far the strengths covered have included Arranger, Belief, Analytical, Adaptibility, and Activator.

You can also listen to the previous interview with Gerardo Marti, author of Mosaic of Believers and Hollywood Faith.

Full disclosure:  Alex and Gerardo are wonderful friends of mine and former superheroes at Mosaic who helped us and continue to inspire us tremendously.  I know you will be just as encouraged and challenged as I have been by them as you get to know them through these interviews and their books.  🙂