Believe it or not, but we've already reached the last main chapter of the book. There is still an epilogue and a few appendices left to go, but Rutz has finished making his main points.
That being said, let's take a minute to reflect on the last two chapters. Rutz has described part of the solution needed to facilitate this Mega Shift. If we start "doing church" differently, it will change the way we live outside of our meetings. Empower people in our meetings, and they will live empowered lives the other six days of the week.
It's not so clear how we can apply this to our local setting. Chi Alpha isn't a church really. Almost all of us belong to both Chi Alpha and a local church near Purdue. But maybe Chi Alpha offers the flexibility to try some new things and attempt to live out some of the stuff from Mega Shift.
If you haven't read Josh V.'s thoughts on the last chapter, I suggest you do so. I'd like springboard off of his response. He gave a real, concrete example of one way we could tweak our gatherings in light of the stuff we're reading in Mega Shift. I want to know what the rest of you think.
How can we best incorporate some of the things from Chapters 4 and 5 into Chi Alpha? Maybe our Ignite meetings are the place, but maybe they aren't. Do you think Josh V. is on the right track, or has he been rolling in the catnip? (I figured that was a more polite euphemism than some of the alternatives).
Maybe you have already experienced Chapter 5 stuff in the Chi Alpha setting. If so, when was that, what happened, and what was the result? What are some areas where we are already on the right track?
For example, I thought it was awesome a while back when Nate Hyland got up in front of everyone and confessed that Jesus Christ is Lord. I'd never seen anything like that in a "service" kind of setting before. I was really encouraged (edified?) by that. I think it's cool that he felt the freedom to just walk up, grab the mic, and do something like that.
What about you?
