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Why we like how and not why? We ask “How” because it puts pressure on someone else to answer the questions we are asking. For instance asking “How do you guys check your kids in” gives you information about how someone does something and requires very little action on your part. “Why” is much more […]

A few months ago a did a random post about innovation. I have been thinking about it ever since. The thing I keep going back to is how we don’t innovate because we ask the wrong question. We ask “How” instead of “Why”. How maybe an easier question to ask and answer by asking why

Read this really great blog post from my friend Kenny about Brand Confusion. I am a big advocate of churches using branding and being intentional about how you present yourself as a church. Everytime this comes up you push people in two camps 1.) Branding is what the devil does in his spare time and 2.)

Well things have been a bit hectic. But another kidmin challenge has come to a close. It was a great challenge lots of practical advice as well as some humours suggestions on how to best recruit more help in Children’s Ministry. I dropped the most creative category because I felt it was difficult to do humours, practical and creative. So

Today we got a little over 2 feet of snow today. I kept thinking as I shoveled snow, that would give a man over the age of 37 a heart attack, how nice it would be to able to walk to my car to go to work wearing a tank top and flip flops. I

Kidmin road trip overview Part 4 Sunday – Drove into Nashville and attended service at Pete Wilson’s church CrossPoint Church. Got to meet Jenni Catron and Pat Rowland – Great people. What I loved about CrossPoint People were friendly – Service had a great flow you can tell thought went into making the experience seamless.

One of the biggest mistakes I made when I was just starting out was trying to do to much myself. I have learned that if you want to build something that lasts and if you want to last you MUST build a team. Here are the basics in my mind of building a team: Identify

Saturday – Hanging out in Nashville Kenny and I were going to visit Gina and Faith Promise Church but our plans changed. We ended up Going all over Nashville for the Day. [nggallery id=6] Got to spend the day with Craig Gyergo a great kids pastor from Memphis – Really got to drill down and

Tony Kummer has a segment on his ministry-to-children.com blog that he calls the children’s ministry thinktank. He asks 5 different children’s ministry leaders a question and posts their response. He just posted everyones response it is worth the read and very interesting to see how different kid’s pastors view calling. Here is my response to

Thursday – Friday (Infuse Retreat with Jim Wideman) Highlights Catching up with and hearing what God has been doing in the lives of other kidmin leaders from around the country. (Eating southern breakfast at Loveless Cafe – always an experience) Car conversations to the breakfast –  To breakfast: Figuring ways to connect kids and help