Archive: October 2010

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The 85% Statistic is Back — and Pretty Strong Actually

You’ve perhaps heard the infamous statistic that 80-85% of people who become Christians do so before age 14. We youth workers especially love quoting that data when we’re asking for a larger ministry budget.

Complaint or…?

I love this quote from Dr. Mark Lau Branson, one of my Practical Theology faculty colleagues at Fuller, in the book The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders:

Gratitude

This week I’m reading a few chapters from The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders, a book written as a tribute to the great leadership insights of Max De Pree.

Making Ourselves Dispensable

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, I’m thoroughly enjoying and being stretched by The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders

The Last Shall Be…

I love reading about, thinking about, and talking about leadership. With the January 2010 release of our upcoming FYI book, Essential Leadership,

Chat with Kara, Study at Fuller

Next Tuesday August 18th Kara will be hosting an online conversation for prospective Fuller students. Is that you?

What Generation Gap Conflict?

Yesterday’s Pew Research Center release is a bit mystifying to me. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock and the generation gap it represented (and glorified), Pew surveyed a little under 2,000 Americans over age 16

A Place for the Marginalized

One of the most outspoken Americans on behalf of the marginalized died yesterday. Eunice Kennedy Shriver died at 88 years old, far from a marginalized person herself.

Middle School Ministry

I mentioned briefly last month that Kara and I were invited to contribute a chapter to Mark Oestreicher & Scott Rubin’s new book Middle School Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Early Adolescents.

Summer Missions projects over. Raise your hand if you know what was transformed.

August always hits me like a brick as I find myself overwhelmed thinking about how the summer ended up and preparing for the upcoming school year.

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