Wow. That’s the best word to describe my experience at the third and final day of our Sticky Faith Summit yesterday. Dr. Scott Cormode, Professor of Leadership at Fuller, led us through a three-hour discussion that revolved around this question: How do you help people change who need to change but don’t want to change?

The biggest insight I gained from Scott is the power of telling stories - stories that capture what you’d like to see more of in the future. And to tell those stories again, and again, and again.

And again.

And when you’re telling stories, to connect the stories with the church’s existing vision, values and narratives - thereby helping folks connect the dots between the past, present, and future.

Scott’s definition of vision is a “shared story of future hope”. That’s my new favorite definition of vision.