Category Archives: Networking

My top failures as a Children’s Pastor

In over 30 years of Children’s Ministry, I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I don’t have any regrets, but I certainly have learned a lot of lessons along the way. After reflecting on the last 30 years, I wanted to share some things I would do differently along the way. Maybe it will be helpful to […]

4 Steps To Make Sure Your Goals Take Root

It’s Here!  2022!  This is the time of year that most of us make a promise to ourselves to do better, lose weight, get a new job, change our life.  But statistically only about 8 percent of us who make a New Year’s resolution stick to it. So what do we do?  Throw up our […]

LEADERSHIP: How to deal with a negative team member

Have you noticed that happy people tend to enjoy volunteering and serving with others. However, it can be difficult to stay positive when you are around someone who is super negative all the time. In life there are all types of people such as optimists, realists, pessimists, and opportunists. Therefore, it should not be a surprise […]

The “A” Team Gets The Job Done!

The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit.  One of the show’s catchphrases, was, “I love it when a plan comes together.” Their call tag was, “If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find […]

3 Questions To Ask Yourself Every Week

One of the challenges of leadership is learning how to bring correction to your team and instill confidence at the same time. If I just bring correction I can destroy their confidence. If I am too nice they may not get it. The answer is to train your team members to coach themselves. The old […]

Work Boundaries

I recently asked the following question on Facebook: “How many hours do you work each week?” Do you know what I found out? The average answer was 51 hours. Not surprisingly, I came to the conclusion that many of us are working too much. I don’t have any problem saying if you are consistently working for than 50 […]

A Simple Way to Add Value to Others

Several years ago, Mark and I were at a conference.  On the way to the conference we stopped at a coffee shop.  At the check-out I noticed a small package of Chocolate Cherries and purchased them.  I love Chocolate Cherries! I loved them so much, that I ate the whole package. The next day when […]

Don’t Do It Alone – 5 Steps to an effective KidMin Team

“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” What was Jesus doing when He said these infamous words? He was building His team. “I have chosen you. You have not chosen me.” This tells me that Jesus was selective about who was on His team. What was Jesus looking for when He was […]

7 Reasons to have Teenagers in your Ministry

I have heard people say that teenagers shouldn’t be allowed in Kids Ministry. This breaks my heart. Let me tell you why. My parents have been in ministry my entire life. My parents also involved me in the ministry my whole life. I was 7 years old, the first time I was in a puppet skit. […]