Collaboration
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Archive October 14, 2010
The Last Five Minutes
I don’t know about you, but my last five minutes in the office are often spent figuring out what I can put to rest until later, what documents or websites I can close and still remember tomorrow, and what paper I can get off my desk.
Courage to Stop
Here at the start of the new year, most of us are thinking about pushing ahead, setting goals (and reaching them), and other forms of forward motion.
Becoming French Incarnational Youth Ministry in a Post-Christian Scenario
Can a Texan become French? Time to reconsider what we mean by “incarnational” youth ministry.
No More Pizza
There comes a point in everyone’s life where they’ve just had too much pizza. In the past, this was college.
Missions Decisions Already Need to Restart Our Summer 2010 Plan
If you’re like me, most of your decisions about summer missions projects come down to two things: 1. Calendar. 2. Price.
Jim Collins – Good Stuff
Like many of you, I have come to appreciate Jim Collins’ work. His book, Good to Great, helped me articulate some of my hunches about leadership (can anyone say hedgehog?).
Yesterday, Mark Maines, one of the members …
What’s Most Important
A few days ago I blogged about a really great phone conversation I had with a few sharp youth leaders from the same church. They called because their Sunday mornings have gotten a bit dry.
I asked them two questions …
Better Schedule for Youth Workers?
I had a great phone conversation with two very sharp youth leaders from the same church today. I asked them the question that I’m asking lots of folks these days, “How is the economy affecting you?”
Their church is responding …
Ask Your Students
For the month of December, the youth ministry at my church, Lake Avenue Church, did something different. We did small “table groups” every Sunday. Instead of students sitting in rows—shoulder to shoulder with adults and each other—we sat in groups …