What we think is cool, doesn’t always matter

I think young pastors (I’m 28) and church planters often times make huge mistakes in pastoring and planting because they do what THEY think is cool and not what will connect with their community. I always laugh when I see people trying to do postmodern stuff in boomer communities and they wonder why they aren’t seeing success. Terry Storch has a great article about this.

This quote stuck out to me:
Designers get exited about design they like. This is bad. You must bust out of your design zone to meet the requirements of the customers/clients.

Don’t worry about what you think is cool. It isn’t about you at all, it is about your community and doing what connects with them.