TOMS Shoes – Chris Morton https://www.chrismorton.info Growth and Mission Fri, 29 May 2020 10:28:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 Why I Love Q https://www.chrismorton.info/2009/05/01/why-i-love-q/ https://www.chrismorton.info/2009/05/01/why-i-love-q/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:25 +0000 http://www.chrismorton.info/?p=780 I spent the first half of the week serving Land of a Thousand Hills coffee to participants in the third ever Q Conference.  I’ve been to all three, and plan on going next year. I love Q because it asks questions and it offers solutions.  This years 18 minute talks ranged from the neccessity of nuclear disarmament […]

The post Why I Love Q appeared first on Chris Morton.

]]>
I spent the first half of the week serving Land of a Thousand Hills coffee to participants in the third ever Q Conference.  I’ve been to all three, and plan on going next year.

I love Q because it asks questions and it offers solutions.  This years 18 minute talks ranged from the neccessity of nuclear disarmament to the spiritual implications of the cell phone.  Sometimes Q is groundbreaking (helping get TOMS Shoes off the ground) and sometimes it is controversial (this year’s interview with Ted and Gayle Haggard.)  But it always forces me to think.

Although I love the content, that’s not the most powerful part of Q.  It’s the participants.  It seems like all of them are starting a non-profit or designing t-shirts that save lives in Uganda.  It’s a bit overwhelming, and it’s easy to start thinking, “look how I’ve wasted my life!”

When I mentioned this to a new acquaintance named Jena over dinner, she said to me, “Don’t feel bad.  Feel inspired.”

And I do.

The post Why I Love Q appeared first on Chris Morton.

]]>
https://www.chrismorton.info/2009/05/01/why-i-love-q/feed/ 1