Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I am not a massive foodie. Don’t get me wrong I like family meals together not so much because I like food but because I love family. Between the Christmas Creep and the Black Friday Seep I think many of us have forgotten that giving thanks is […]
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I am reading a book about leading teams this chapter on fear vs. curiosity got me thinking about how I lead and the importance of staying curious as a leader. We often coach two very different kinds of leaders. The first is not curious and, I would say, is often driven by fear. Whenever observations
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Here’s the deal the good folks at Zonervan are doing a REtweet contest. They are giving away four copies of The Jesus Storybook Bible curriculum. I only need one copy for our church so if I win you win. Even if you don’t use the curriculum you will get 44 videos one for each story
I love K! magazine. I have been a subscriber for 3 years and a contributing editor 2 years now. Every time we meet on the phone to discuss future magazine layouts I always feel that I get more out of the conversation that I add, and every time I get my copy of the magazine
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This sunday is fathers day. Happy fathers out there in bloggy land. I hope every dad out there realizes how big what you do is. I was watching a TED talk the other day and the guy giving the talk was recounting a near death experience he had and the thoughts he was thinking. As he was
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Last week I started a giveaway and a review. You can find it here. Today is the last day to enter I’ll announce the winners tomorrow. If you would like to win a free copy of the book tweet the following. @samluce is giving away a free copy of Kidmin Leadership from @jimwideman over at http://bit.ly/mITycF #kidmin
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Jim Wideman has been a part of all of the major shakeups and startups in children’s ministry today. This week is another first for kids ministry. There have been many people who have offered mentoring programs in kidmin but none as successfully as Brother Jim. The idea that you would be able to keep 12 kidmin leaders
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After 4 years of blogging I finally hit my 1000th post. Ha! A full year after my good friend Kenny. I just want to thank all of you who have joined me in the conversation. I am really looking forward to the next few years. I say this all the time. I started blogging to
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The kind folks over at Lifeway gave me a sneak peek at their redesigned and soon to launch ParentLife magazine. I got the magazine earlier this week and have had a few days to go through it. I love it. At the front of the magazine is few pages dedicated to tips, tricks and products
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Well it’s day three of my Christmas give away and on the theird day of Christmas I give to you 3 kiwi’s singing. The lads are great and they have put together a great curriculum package that would be perfect for a special event like camp or VBS. I love the lads and I love
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