Easily Distracted? Read this or…ooh a bird

Ever catch yourself writing something on your laptop, while talking on the phone and the television is on in the background? Yeah, that’s been me a...

How Not To Recruit Potential Minsiters

I need about 10 more ministers until I can take over the world…or maybe it’s 50…or maybe I don’t know that number, because as soon as I hit a number,…

How To Get Them To Do What You Want Them To Do

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be picky about who serves in your ministry? It would wouldn’t it because then you would guarantee yourself a team of...

Atypical Ministers: Why You Need Them

I never saw picking up crushed ping pong balls off the floor in my job description, but it’s okay. One of the biggest hits of our 5th/6th grade...

I’m Okay With Being Discontent

The last two weeks have been very hard for me at work. With our Children’s Minister on maternity leave, I’m stepping in to make sure that things go...

You Need To Learn How To Change

Last night I watched the State of the Union and it made me realize moving an entire nation to change is difficult. It’s difficult because there are...

5 Questions To Ask The Newbies

If you were to leave your ministry and then come back in with a fresh set of eyes what would you see?  Would you see confusion and chaos?  Would you…

How I Am Hypocritical

I have all these great ideas rolling around in my head, I just don’t have the mouth to communicate them all clearly. There’s a point where I find...

How To Make Every Student Feel Welcomed

The other day I went downtown to a meeting.  The only guy that I knew would be at the meeting wasn’t there yet, so when I walked in all I…