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  • I'm Ben Arment. My wife Ainsley and I are former church planters and have two boys, Wyatt and Dylan. I'm the founder of The Whiteboard Sessions and now STORY, which you can experience at StoryChicago.com.

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Your Vision on a Napkin

Love the concept behind this new book by Dan Roam: NapkinThe Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. I think in diagrams and have napkins stuffed into my Moleskin from table-top brainstorming.

I think every church needs a graphical mission that can fit on a napkin. At RCC, I used the guest lodge, the climbing teams and the sherpas to illustrate our mission of making disciples who can make disciples of Jesus Christ.

You lose the diagram, you lose your ability to communicate clearly with people the vision of your church.

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i saw this book the other week and was totally drawn to, but also made me think of you! would love to read it soon.

I agree that there is something to this 'back of the napkin' concept that Dan Roam writes about....i also posted it about it here.... http://livingthedash.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/the-back-of-the-napkin/

I picked this up the other day - looks great. Hoping to read it this week.

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