Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Vision vs. Imagination

For my MTh thesis, I identified "vision" as a key characteristic of the "transformational" minister (a popular model for ministry): a minister develops a vision for the Church, then he or she drives that vision. But there are different definitions of "vision". Some call that kind of vision "imagination", while "vision" is insight into the condition of humanity without God: for example, Isaiah 6:3-8. Only after one has such Isaiah-vision does imagination come into play, as a response to vision. OBSERVATION: The first notion of vision is problematic in practice. George Barna writes: "Putting it into practice is punishing."

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