Cade, my 4 year old, wanted to color a picture. That’s cool, kids love to color right? So I got him a piece of construction paper and some markers and away he went. A basic task like coloring should be predictable, right? Paper, markers, and a 4 year old = scribbled mess and mommy’s masterpiece, [...]
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Lessons from my 4 year old…
Posted in children's ministry, church, family, leadership, random thoughts on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
intimidated by unfamiliarity
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I realized something last night about myself — I tend to not follow through with large tasks or changes because underneath it all I am intimidated by their unfamiliarity. For example — we are considering homeschooling our children. I feel almost like I haven’t taken the decision seriously, researched it much, or even have my [...]
Vision
Posted in leadership, vision on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Vision asks leaders, ‘What do you see?’ To answer that question, leaders identify needs unmet, hurts unhealed, and tasks undone. Through visioning they see the gaps between what is and what could be.”
This quote (forgot where it came from) hangs on my office wall. It reminds me to look for the needs and hurts of [...]
Check your language
Posted in church, leadership on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On of my biggest pet peeves is to listen to pastors or teachers who speak in “christianese.” The language that Christians use. We need to understand our audience, whether children, teens, or adults and make sure we’re not using our elite country club language in explaining spiritual truths to them. Make sure the terms you [...]
pride.
Posted in leadership, random thoughts on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll admit that something I struggle with is pride. So often I’ll go through the day, crossing things off my mental to-do list, patting myself on the back for making it through certain situations or accomplishing things, that I forget to really give credit where credit is due. Without Him, my Savior, I am nothing. [...]
Smaller is not an excuse!
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So as a church leader, when you attend a conference or something at another church, if you are not a mega-giga, huge church. you have the potential to walk away feeling discouraged and deflated. Often you think, “Well, I can’t do that! We’re only __(fill in the blank)__ people!” I’ve felt that way many times. [...]
Relevancy?
Posted in church, leadership on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some thoughts spoken by Louie Giglio ar the Orange Conference have been on my mind for a week now. He was talking in our last main session that the church has made relevancy the idol of the contemporary church. That we need to focus on cultural transcendence rather than cultural relevancy. The bottom line was [...]
Orange Conference Day 3
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 3 of Orange was awesome. We wrapped up with hearing from Andy Stanley and Louie Giglio. Some thoughts:
Andy Stanley
Don’t think in terms of evangelism – think in terms of people. Christians and non-christians have more in common than we think.
A small group leader has more potential to assist a Christian in their spiritual development [...]
Orange Conference Day 2
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I loved hearing Francis Chan speak on Day 2 of Orange. He spoke in our 1st main session of the day and blew me away. Some thoughts:
so much of what we call success in our churches isn’t necessarily the Holy Spirit working, but just having the right team in place – we need to look [...]
Orange Conference 2008
Posted in children's ministry, church, leadership, vision on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! Just returned from Orange Conference 2008 today and am feeling pretty full right now. It was great and I came away with a ton of inspiration, ideas, and vision not only for Children’s Ministry but for the church as a while. I’ll share a few tidbits from the speakers:
Day 1 – Reggie Joiner
He opened [...]
