{"id":10466,"date":"2012-02-07T19:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10466"},"modified":"2012-02-07T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T23:45:36","slug":"visionary-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/02\/visionary-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"visionary thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/02\/visionary-thinking.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10467\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/02\/visionary-thinking.jpg\" alt=\"vision and goal setting is wrong for the church\" width=\"319\" height=\"287\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By now it is no secret to you that I abhor visionary thinking for the church. I\u2019m not against visionary thinking for individuals, businesses, and other organizations. But when it comes to the church, I claim the healthiest church communities lack visionary thinking and goal setting from their DNA.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll have more to say about this in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>I argue this at length and with a number of cartoons in my newest book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Without-Vision-My-People-Prosper\/dp\/1467920797\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Without a Vision My People Prosper<\/a>, available on Amazon (click on the title!).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now it is no secret to you that I abhor visionary thinking for the church. I\u2019m not against visionary thinking for individuals, businesses, and other organizations. 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