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DNA… what is it that makes you who you are? If you can sum up 3 adjectives that describe you to the deepest core of your being, what are they? What would you like to be?

I had the honor of lunch with an old mentor (youth leader) of mine yesterday. I’m always just shocked at how much things just seem to click when I get together with like minded individuals. One of the things that we talked about is how to achieve the biggest goal of this blog site, and what we are doing right now to make it happen. So what are we going for? An absolute DNA shift. Completely getting away from what consumes us in day to day life, and stepping into a lifestyle of generosity.

In our day to day life, in the groups that we’re involved in and the people we come in contact with, there is so much power. Honestly it wouldn’t take that much extra effort to accomplish a ridiculously huge task.

In December of 2007 there was a huge ice storm that hit northeastern Oklahoma. There was catastrophic damage to the entire region, especially the homes with mature trees. A few months later there were still wrecked houses, and yards littered with fallen branches. A few of the local churches in Broken Arrow banded together to have a limb pickup day. Literally hundreds (maybe thousands?) of volunteers came out in sub-freezing temperatures to help clean up the mess. This is the purest example of a huge crowd gathering to accomplish a task that is much bigger than each church that was involved, let alone each volunteer.

That event was impressive, and it was just a couple hours on a Saturday morning.

What if we were able to mobilize volunteers to conquer a huge need right here in our back yard? What if the persistent, chronic needs in our community were able to be met in a very real way just by simple small acts of generosity? I’m not talking about the easy, the temporary, or even the popular tasks. I’ll be developing these thoughts even more over the coming days.

Next week we’ll be shooting the highlight for Tulsa Hub. If you get a chance, look them up. They’re doing an amazing work for the homeless & underprivileged, and can always use more help.

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