There is a corporate mantra, ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’.
It warns against trumpeting the five-year plan, putting up workplace posters and rolling out a training scheme for every employee without changing the culture of the team. No amount of resolutions, colourful charts and snappy sentences will bring about change unless accompanied by shared convictions and habits.
A culture of Christlikeness
Families are just the same. We could easily put a list of characteristics we want for our family on the fridge. Memory verses could pop up on every wall. We could nag, lecture and moan all day long. Who wants to be in that family?