Abraham Lincoln On Our Need For Prayer

Given the current political season I thought I would share this prayer by our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. A few years ago at a prayer breakfast one the persons at the prayer breakfast I attended read a proclamation by President Lincoln from 1863. It was such a moving declaration of our nations condition at that […]

What’s The Plan?

  Pinky and the Brain were an iconic cartoon in the 90’s.  They were two little mice and their main goal and objective in life was to take over the world. Pinky and the Brain Quote: Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky […]

Heart OVER Hands

  My team loves to constantly talk through the idea of growing our leadership ability in three areas: our heart, our head, and our hands. We use that as a matrix for our coaching culture. Our “heart” pertains to spiritual matters. If our spirit isn’t strong, we run to of gas to minister life to others. […]

Ten Leadership Principles

  I have made lots of mistakes in ministry, but here are ten leadership principles I have always tried to follow. 1) Set a quality example. Be what you want people to do. 2) Set attainable goals. Do this every year and share your goals with your people. 3) Praise your people for doing good. […]

Connecting With Your Volunteers

  A good friend of mine shared a story about when he was praying for an increase in his ministry. He heard God ask him, “What are you doing with what I’ve already given you?” If we faithfully steward the volunteers God has entrusted us with, He will meet and exceed our needs! In order […]

How To Partner With Parents

In the kids ministry world the idea of partnering with parents is definitely mainstream. Most people are talking about why this is important. We need to be having this conversation. The more we talk about partnering with parents it reminds us of our primary job to lead and guide not to parent the kids in our […]