Failure is Essential
If you want to do something remarkable you have to be willing to risk failure. You can talk and plan, talk and plan, talk and plan. Eventually you just have to try. Your idea will probably fail. That’s OK. Make the adjustment and go at it again. Formula? Test fast; fail fast; adjust fast. You [...]
Culture Shock 101
It turns out that the melting pot culture of Florida is somewhat different than the slow paced culture of eastern Kentucky. Who knew? In 1982 I planted a church in Morehead, Kentucky where I served as lead pastor for seven years. Then, in 1989 I moved to Tampa and planted a church from scratch/nothing. I [...]
My First Sunday as Children’s Pastor
I found out the hard way: there’s a big difference between ministering to adults and ministering to kids. Here’s what happened my very first Sunday as children’s pastor. Not only had I never been a children’s pastor before, I had never even worked in children’s ministry. Here’s what happened. Roger Fields
