Archive for Archive for October, 2010
• Cut for Production
Cut for Production I have often questioned what good could come from some great disappointment in my life and/or ministry. I have known fruitful times of ministry to followed by some calamity that just seemed to bring it all to an abrupt halt, followed be another season of productive work. These apparent surges and setbacks […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #3
3. “Work expands to fill the time allowed.” This is something that continues to impress me, I find that time pressure is the motivational trigger that compresses the time a project needs for completion. The extremes do occur, too much time and too little time, but for this conundrum to work, we determine the pace […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #2
2. “You Can’t Catch Fish in the Bathtub!” If you want to catch “little wigglers,” you have go where the fish are. Having significant “fishing pools” for catching little ones for Jesus means you first have to do some deliberate demographics in your towns and communities to determine where the children are located. Then, you […]
• Coach’s Conundrum #1
Coach’s Conundrums This is a new series: my collection of pithy principles that need some explanation. The implementing of these conundrums could alter your paradigm for children’s ministry or influence the way you approach kids. 1. “You keep ‘em, by the way you win ‘em!” When beginning your Children’s Ministry you try multiple programming options […]
• Top 100 CM Blogs
The Top 100 Children’s Ministry Blogs Tony Kummer did some serious searching on the Internet for what he calls the “Top 100 Children’s Ministry blogs. He set up a standard by which he used to evaluate what blogs would qualify for this “top” honor. If you are interested, you can check it out! Can you […]
• God Speaks
Did YOU Ever Hear God Speaking to You? I am reading Bill Hybel’s new book called The Power of a Whisper. It is a book about how God talks to us, recognizing His voice and learning how to follow his leading in our lives. As I have been reading this book, I am recounting the […]
• Ten Reasons I Like IPAD
My Top Ten Reasons for Liking My IPAD I got my IPAD the first week they came out in the Apple Store, the next day I went to India. I had lots of travel time on the international flight to learn how to use this new technology. Now I have made another trip to India […]