Archive for • Challenge to Action
• 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 […]
• 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 […]
• Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots… Maybe, some of you remember the paint by number sets that kids could use to learn how to paint. Well, that is kind of the idea behind connecting the dots. I was rehearsing kind of an overview of my experience with India with my Missions Pastor. I was weaving a connection between […]
• 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 […]
• 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 […]
• Light Reveals, Shadows Define
Light Reveals and Shadows Define! Take a lesson from Photography, too much light is hot, too little light becomes drab, too much light has no shadows, proper balance of light and shadow defines the character of an object. Thus, adjusting your camera settings for proper balance renders any object interesting to observe or enjoyable to […]
