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 [...]
Mere Relevance
If what you are teaching is merely relevant, you are already behind. We would never thinking of limiting pilot instruction to what was relevant. Can you hear the conversation in the hanger now? “We’re not going to bother with teaching you what to do in a storm,” says the instructor, “since none of you have [...]
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 [...]
CM Pyramid
This is what I use to keep my focus. from the bottom up… *TEACH THE WORD OF GOD – God’s word produces faith. Make principles from the Bible the center piece of your teaching. * NEVER STOP LEARNING – Never become complacent with what you know. * GET KIDS INVOLVED – Kids learn best by [...]
Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes
If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less. (Gen. Eric Shinseki) If you refuse to change, you will slowly become ineffective at whatever you do. When you drift into ineffectiveness you will wake up one day to realize that you have become irrelevant. When you become irrelevant nobody cares what you [...]
Are You Sitting Under a Broom Tree?
It is easier for God to steer a moving vessel than for Him to start-up a stationary one. Rarely does one hear the voice of God by sitting on a rock waiting for Him to speak. Start doing something and God will direct you. Why? How does this work? It is easier to hear “no” [...]
4 Functions of Children's Ministry
To serve the Lord by… 1. Supporting your church. Help your church move forward by supporting its vision. 2. Influencing the kids. Help kids be something more than average while leading them into a relationship with the Lord. 3. Empowering the parents. Give parents tools and ideas for raising their kids. 4. Releasing your workers. [...]
Fretters Anonymous
Hi, my name is Roger. I am a fretter. I have been fret-free now for ninety days. If there was a Fretters Anonymous, most children’s pastors would have to put down their puppets and sign up. Most of us are chronic fretters. We see evil gaining momentum in the world. We know the kids we [...]
