In some areas, I am really hesitant to adopt new ideas. The fact that I have only had an iPod for year makes me late in the game as far as adopting new ideas. The fact it’s not an iPod touch, anchors me soundly in the belly of the Diffusion of Innovation curve. In other areas I want to be on the bleeding edge. I want to see the trends, surf the waves of change, experiment. Group life is one of those areas for me.

If you had a chance to sit with an innovator in group life ministry, what would you ask? What would you want to know about their ministry and what they are learning?

Next week the Willow Creek Association is gathering forty of these leaders. Pick a list and they are at or near the top – most innovative, most influential, and fastest growing churches. These are big dog leaders, as Bill Hybels calls them. I can’t wait to hear what they are trying and learning.

Bill, Dave and I will post next week during the gathering. We’ll give you insights into the books they are reading, where they are experimenting, what they are learning.

If you could drop in, what would you ask? What would you want to know? What problem could they help you solve?

I’ll make you a deal: post a question, I’ll ask them. And I’ll respond here next week. Deal?