Erwin McManus
Erwin McManus
Erwin Raphael McManusis an author, futurist, filmmaker, and designer. He is the founder and lead pastor of Mosaic, a church in Los Angeles, California. Erwin is a popular speaker on issues related to postmodernism and postmodern Christianity, but also writes and lectures on topics such as culture, change, creativity, and leadership...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 August 1958
CountryUnited States of America
people leader needs
The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
kissing irrelevance church
The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic changes in our environment is the shift from words to images. To do church in a way that is entirely text driven is the kiss of death.
christian years safety
For years I have made it my mission to destroy the influence of the Christian clich, 'the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God.' God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life,
buddhism thinking christianity
I think Christianity is the same as Buddhism and Hinduism - whenever a religion begins to say that these are the things you have to do to be loved by God, you have a religion.
dream
Great dreams require great courage.
art artist works-of-art
You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
christian past years
Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name.
alive longing instinct
Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
moving creativity thinking
The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fuelling this is something really ancient. That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way.
obedience midst
God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
who-god-is needs remember
You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you.
running impressive ifs
If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.
dream promise portraits
Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.
country children church
Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.