I had the opportunity to attend the Sticky Teams conference this week. Here are some of my favorite points from the main speakers:

[In churches] “We confuse connecting people with being friendly. It’s hard to assimilate new connections into old relationships.” ~ Larry Osborne

“You can have change without growth. But you can’t have growth without change. And you can’t have change without pain.”
“The Gospel is all about change.”
“We’re equipped with the gifts of grace needed to fulfill the calling God put on our lives.”
~ Gene Appel

“The Church is Plan A for our cities. There is no Plan B.”
“Learn to embrace ‘last’ as your first choice.”
~ Chris Brown

“The most important day of your ministry (or marriage) is not the first day, it’s the last day.”
“If you want to kill yourself for the Gospel, don’t get married!” [A great perspective on 1 Corinthians 7:32-35.]
~ Mark Driscoll