Archive for • Kidology Coaching
• Target Audience—Fathers
Target Audience-Fathers This is the second in a series that will attempt to help you deal with some of the issues you face in relating to various constituents in your children’s ministry. #2. Focus on Fathers I remember becoming a father and wanting input, so that I could be the best father for my children […]
• Target Audience—Boys
Target Audiences This will be a new series that will attempt to help you deal with some of the issues you face in relating to various constituents in your children’s ministry. #1. Focus on Boys It is often easier for us to favor working with the girls in our ministries because they are typically more […]
• Plate-Spinning Management
Plate-Spinning Management The fine art of “plate spinning” is a sort of a juggling act where you keep as many plates (real or plastic) spinning as you can on top of sticks or poles. If a plate stops spinning, it will fall and break, so you have to visit each plate as it slows, to […]
• Morning Pages
Morning Pages The concept of Morning Pages is founded on a few observations from a writer who discovered her secret for creative writing. Julia Cameron describes this process of writing in her book called, The Artist Way. She had been writing for several years before she stumbled onto her creative writing process. She noticed her […]
• Move the Rock!
Move the Rock There is an amazing phenomenon that only occurs in Death Valley. On Racetrack Playa, one can find sliding rocks on the riverbed. There seems to be no apparent explanation how these heavy rocks move along the dry parched ground. These rocks leave a rutted trail like they were pushed or pulled along […]
• Show Me Your Work!
Show Me Your Work! Learning math was always a chore for me in school. It never really came easy for me. However, when the teacher required me to “show my work,” this added another dimension to my math skills. If somehow, I skipped a step in the process, but got the right answer by guessing, […]
• Rule of Thumb
Words the Coach Uses: “Rule of Thumb” Originally, the thumb, from the end to the first joint, became a unit of measurement, equivalent to about an inch. However, the “rule of thumb” has come to mean an estimate based upon experience, a rough calculation, as opposed to careful calculation. For me, it is a quick […]
• Learning Leadership On the Job
Learning Leadership On the Job Very few churches hire a Kidmin that is fully trained in Leadership. They expect you to grow in your leadership, while you are in the position. However, they expect you to have some training in place, so they do not have to fully training you in Leadership. So another way […]
• Let’s Talk Training
Let’s Talk Training What is Successful Training? Training is more involved that just gathering a crowd who listen to you talk. Successful training is “teaching” that can only be measured by those who can DO what you are training them to do. If those you “train” cannot DO something, then you might just be “orienting” […]
• All Eyes Forward
All Eyes Forward: Getting the Attention of Kids How do you get and keep the attention of kids in a large group? We were running late by four hours on a Christmas short-term mission trip into Baja. We were bringing presents to the village children. There were nearly four hundred children of all ages waiting […]
