Just spent the last ninety minutes with Rick McKinley from Imago Dei in Portland. He was in town for meetings so we hooked up at Ebenezers. Both of us write for Multnomah so we talked about everything from publishing to pastoring. So inspired by the way Imago Dei is impacting the city of Portland. And I love their advent conspiracy initiative. I’ll post more 411 once their website goes live.

Last week it was the Dream Center in LA. This week its Imago Dei in Portland. Gotta be honest. Part of me feels like we’re doing Jack Squat in DC by comparison. But I really feel like God has given us a platform in this city and we need to dream bigger dreams for DC. I really do believe we can turn this city upside down.

I love the way Rick is challenging “the influentials” in his church to leverage their influence for the kingdom! Gave me an idea for a small group next semester. We’ve got so many influentials at NCC–political influence, journalistic influence, economic influence. But influentials want to and need to be challenged with God-sized dreams! It comes down to this: God gives us platforms not to platform us but to platform Himself and His message!

Influence is a stewardship issue!

FYI–The Influentials is a good read.