Eikon, a quote and the voices in my head

As a person leading a local community hoping to live I have a lot of voices (from the outside) telling me to do things differently than I am. It seems to me, that leadership has something to do with distinguishing between the right and wrong voices echoing with my grey matter and what to do with them.

A couple of the voices I hear from my past.
"You have to reach 200 people in the first 2-3 years or you'll never reach more people."
"You have to act like you have it all together."
"Change should happen faster than this."

Then I'm reminded of what I hope eikon will become, who we are and the power our community holds, and is only beginning to explore together. Eikon is becoming a radically hopeful expression of church. More every day.

Then I read this quote from Peter Block.
"Something shifts on a large scale only after a long period of small steps, organized around small groups patient enough to learn and experiment and learn again. Speed and scale are the arguments against what the individual and communal transformation require. They are a hallmark of the corporate mindset. When we demand more speed and scale, we are making a coded argument against anything important being any different."

Eikon is becoming something beautiful, not because of we are getting big fast, but because something important is happen in our lives as a community, and in our lives individually.

I'm thankful for what God is doing amongst us.