I am an entrepreneur. That means I try new things. That means I take risks. And that means I sometimes fail. Not all new ideas are good ideas. Not all new projects succeed, at least not at first.
But being an entrepreneur also means pushing on. It means trying again. It means getting up, brushing the dirt off of your knees, and trying again. And try something different. And go at it from a different angle, with a different idea. Until you finally do succeed.
Part of what I currently do is trying to help a local church in Helsinki navigate the huge changes that have been taking place in society over the last decades. The church in Finland, especially the big evangelical Lutheran church of Finland, has had a set place in society for the last centuries. That has started to shift. And so the church needs to adapt. The fundamental mission of the church is still to make disciples of all nations. And that includes Finland.
My current job is about finding a way to make disciples of Jesus that is culturally relevant, and that works in 21st century Finland. We’ve been working with that in Petrus for a while. We’ve been working on finding the way forward for a while now. We’ve tried many things. Some of what we’ve tried has worked, some has failed. But we’ve got up again. And tried again. And we will continue to fail, and continue to succeed.
Life is a journey. So if you’ve fallen, it’s not the end of the world. Get up and try again!
