Archive for • Kidology Coaching
• 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 […]
• 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 […]
• 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 […]
• Pacing the Race
Pacing Your Race: A Lesson from the Energizer Bunny? Children’s Ministry is not a sprint, it’s a marathon race. There are those “all or nothing” types, that impress you with their quickness and gigantic plans, only to run out of gas in short order. Those that enter into this profession, must be prepared for the […]
• Program Priority
What is a Program Priority in Church? From my vantage point it has been my observation that many churches have what I call a Program Priority. Basically, it is that program that seems to characterize a church. A church can become known for this priority, i.e., a Missions Church or a Youth Church. Two things […]
• The Coaching Partnership
The Coaching Partnership The coaching relationship is a partnership between two equals. My relationship with my protégé’s is based upon the belief that they are smart, mature, and capable people who want support in articulating and achieving their goals. It seems to me that I provide support in at least four basic ways.
• Leadership: Self Correcting #3
Leaders: Self Correcting After watching numerous hours of professional tennis, I have observed how the pros seem to be able to “adjust their game,” as their game develops. It is like they find “another gear” to raise the level of their performance. The opponent tries to a find a weakness to exploit. The defender raises […]
• Role of Lingering
The Role of Lingering One of the ways to get return engagements is to “linger” after you finish your performance. Lingering is not “loitering” or wasting time, as in being lazy. It is rather, deliberately waiting, not rushing away. It is involves making “yourself available” for something. For me, it is tarrying for some opportunity […]
