Reveal Survey, Focus

When Jen is about to go shopping, she will often ask, "Is there anything your need me to pick up while I am at the store?" I almost always respond and express my need for Cool Ranch Doritos (so good!). At which time, one of the kids or Jen will remind me that they are a want and not a need.

This morning, I spent 30 minutes reading the book "Focus" that continues to help me think through what Hope can learn from the Reveal survey results. The book looks at what people need from church and tries to compare that to what people want from church. Interesting.

There are so many underlying questions such as do I know what I need or do I just make my wants into needs? Does the fact that we have to ask the question already show that there is confusion between wants and needs! Can one persons needs be another persons wants?

So what do you want from church? How many of the things that you want are needs and how many are simply things that you want? Would you leave a church if it only offered what you needed and not what you wanted? I can see this topic needs another post tomorrow. Wait is that a need or a want ....