I want to make sure that this concept of shifting our focus towards influence and the formula of friendship, exponentially increased over time is available to us all wherever you are. And I'll give you an example from my own life from a totally different sector of not in sort of the faith and politics world. So, uh, I run a consulting firm in the social sector, the secular social sector in the Bay Area. It was really a sobering and discouraging exercise because there's no really straight correlation between the strategic planning projects that I thought was like our A plus work and the change that happened over time.
Andy Crouch returns to the podcast to question the widespread preoccupation with “making an impact.” Andy and Curtis talk about the limitations, drawbacks, and even potential idolatry involved when institutions and individuals are so focused on this definition of success. They then explore an alternative way to conceive of Christians’ role in the world, one that is rooted in the surprising model of Jesus.
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