Tell Good Stories with Warren Cole Smith-CMAW107

What You'll Hear: He wanted to be a writer but didn't have mentors in that area, he got a degree in Journalism from the Univ of GA and then a Masters Became a Christian during a revival service at age 14 at their mega church in Roswell, GA First job was mowing lawn Go teach for a couple years, it's formative, you learn to speak He wrote and edited for a magazine then started his own business and sold it and started writing books He became an executive at World Magazine and the Colson Center, and now leads Ministry Watch Entrepreneurs are heroes in our culture today Whether it's born or learned, with entrepreneurship and leadership you can get better at it, and we're called to get better Break 1 - 16;25 Ministry Watch Empowers Donors to Christian Ministries, speak for victims, and do investigative journalism They have databases including financial data on ministries going back 5 years, including ratings The world has become very cynical and skeptical about Christian ministries The bad guys damage their victims and the church as a whole The secular media's goal is purely to tear down.  We are interested in theological error as much as financial or sexual error Watchdogs are needed in particular for the growth of megachurches that are not part of a denomination and therefore not accountable Break 2 - 27:40 Stories are powerful because that's how God made us, we're wired to respond to stories Stories have a way of making the abstract concrete The TV Show Will and Grace is an example of a story having a huge impact on cultural opinion A Worldview is a way of viewing the world.  Postmodernism (See book by Stanley Genz) is incredulity toward the metanarrative, an example of Postmodern storytelling is the show Seinfeld.   Christian stories are about God not about us One method the media uses is appropriation of language, they'll use the same set of facts but define them in different ways Get news from a variety of sources and be sure to include sources with a Christian worldview Limit your intake of news because it's become a distraction Read old news better known as History Have some fasts from your smart phone Become a creator, it makes you much alert to how the media operates Go make something, go do something, there's never been a better time Go to www.MinistryWatch.com or Facebook.com/WarrenColeSmith or Twitter.com/WarrenColeSmith or articles on World Magazine

What You'll Hear: He wanted to be a writer but didn't have mentors in that area, he got a degree in Journalism from the Univ of GA and then a Masters Became a Christian during a revival service at age 14 at their mega church in Roswell, GA First job was mowing lawn Go teach for a couple years, it's formative, you learn to speak He wrote and edited for a magazine then started his own business and sold it and started writing books He became an executive at World Magazine and the Colson Center, and now leads Ministry Watch Entrepreneurs are heroes in our culture today Whether it's born or learned, with entrepreneurship and leadership you can get better at it, and we're called to get better Break 1 - 16;25 Ministry Watch Empowers Donors to Christian Ministries, speak for victims, and do investigative journalism They have databases including financial data on ministries going back 5 years, including ratings The world has become very cynical and skeptical about Christian ministries The bad guys damage their victims and the church as a whole The secular media's goal is purely to tear down.  We are interested in theological error as much as financial or sexual error Watchdogs are needed in particular for the growth of megachurches that are not part of a denomination and therefore not accountable Break 2 - 27:40 Stories are powerful because that's how God made us, we're wired to respond to stories Stories have a way of making the abstract concrete The TV Show Will and Grace is an example of a story having a huge impact on cultural opinion A Worldview is a way of viewing the world.  Postmodernism (See book by Stanley Genz) is incredulity toward the metanarrative, an example of Postmodern storytelling is the show Seinfeld.   Christian stories are about God not about us One method the media uses is appropriation of language, they'll use the same set of facts but define them in different ways Get news from a variety of sources and be sure to include sources with a Christian worldview Limit your intake of news because it's become a distraction Read old news better known as History Have some fasts from your smart phone Become a creator, it makes you much alert to how the media operates Go make something, go do something, there's never been a better time Go to www.MinistryWatch.com or Facebook.com/WarrenColeSmith or Twitter.com/WarrenColeSmith or articles on World Magazine