10

Mar

Someone who gets it

Posted by   Published in Life
I am posting this letter that I just received from a student I had in my ministry years ago. This is one of those letters that when you read, it just overwhelms you with happiness. Hey Pastor Todd! Wanted to send you a quick note. Shaunda and I were reminiscing about the good old [...]

Continue reading...

Tags: ,

no comment

8

Mar

Risk to become better

Posted by   Published in ministry
I am always challenged to think through how we do ministry, and why we do things a certain way. I must admit that these times of constant self examination can be painful or at least provide a little discomfort. It is a firm belief of mine that children’s ministry or any ministry for that [...]

Continue reading...

Tags: , ,

1 comment

6

Mar

God’s Style Pouring

Posted by   Published in Life, ministry
Have you ever noticed that children love to “pour out love“? A child will run across the room to give a big hug to someone he/she loves. It’s often all or nothing for that child. He might hang on his mother’s leg around most people, but for the one special individual whom she loves, [...]

Continue reading...

Tags:

1 comment

5

Mar

Time

Posted by   Published in Administration
“Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing”, says business consultant and author Michael LeBoeuf. Time is the one thing that in today’s world has become extremely valuable. You can make up a lot of stuff like: the few dollars that you may have missed out [...]

Continue reading...

Tags: , ,

1 comment

4

Mar

Did I do that?

Posted by   Published in Leadership, ministry
I am not sure how many people have watched, still watch or will admit that they have watched the show with Steve Urkel in it, but I will admit that I have seen it. Every time he does something that causes grief, trouble, blows up, spills, and the list can go on and on, [...]

Continue reading...

Tags:

3 comments

3

Mar

Creative Leadership

Posted by   Published in Books
I just went back and read through a book that I had read a long time ago titled “The Creative Leader” written by Ed Young.In this book I was reminded by my notes in the book that i took wile reading it on how he makes a case for the need of “creative Leaders”. [...]

Continue reading...

Tags: ,

2 comments

2

Mar

Growth through Vision

Posted by   Published in Leadership
We all seem to want to grow our churches, ministries, businesses and the such but more often than not we don’t see that growth. I have spent tons of time at conferences with the best of them, listened to story after story, read book after book about how to grow and yet I still [...]

Continue reading...

Tags: ,

2 comments

2

Mar

No more muzzles!!

Posted by   Published in ministry
Often times people talk about Zechariah and Elizabeth (in Luke 1:5-25; 57-66) and how they over time lost hope of ever having a child. Here Elizabeth was getting old and Zechariah was not a spring chicken himself. Here Zechariah in the Holy place was visited by an angel and Zechariah still asked how he [...]

Continue reading...

Tags:

no comment

2

Mar

My first blog with my new WordPress site

Posted by   Published in Home
It has been so long since I had a new blog, (my other one which is now turning 100% church directed is at www.take2ministries.com ) that I forgot the pressure of the first post. I also forgot my way around a WordPress blog as well. But with all that said and with some thought [...] Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Continue reading...

Tags: ,

4 comments
Page 2 of 212