Bits of Pomegranate #1

My friend Mark Batterson has been giving us some Book Bytes of Wild Goose Chase over on his blog.  If you get a chance go and check them out.  I ordered my copy last week and hope Amazon ship early so I can read it on the plane ride to ECHO this week.

I also thought it was a good idea and wanted to share some “Bits of Pomegranate” with you as well…a Bit from each chapter…Here is chapter one:

“There are shelves of books that tell you how to get good at things from a demolition perspective.  Since the 1980’s, the self-improvement aisle at your local bookstore has been growing like a major league baseball player’s arms on steroids.  Yet it seems as though this promise of improving one’s self has left many empty and void and in need of more self-improvement.  In fact, it seems that the self-improvement books that promise a “secret” or “eight steps to…” simply convince people to chase after yet another dream of being someone that they are not. In many ways these books and methods simply echo the words of the poet laureate of my generation, Dave Matthews, when he asks,

“Could I Have Been, A Parking Lot Attendant/Well Could I Have Been, Anyone Other Than Me…”

God desires that we be known not for what we are demolishing, but for what we are building.  As Creator, God desires that we too create, that focus on the things that really matter, lay our foundation on Jesus the rock, and build up those around us as art on display for the world to see. ” (page 27-28)