Archive for July, 2009
Vacation
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Today begins my first day of vacation! W00t!
Actually, I started my vacation as soon as I left the office on Thursday (I can’t really tell you for sure because I wrote this earlier in the week).
So I’m trying something new this year. I’ve heard a few leaders in ministry talk about always taking two weeks of vacation when they get the chance. Their reasoning is that you don’t really get relaxed and unplugged until after you’ve been away for four or five days and for most people that’s when their vacation is almost over.
Well, I don’t really have enough vacation time to take two weeks in a row and still have time to take off at other times of the year.… Read the rest
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Dont’ be stupid #6
Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
If you already, read my disclaimer about this series. This series is a no nonsense approach about compromising situations that may cost you everything.
Okay, I’m done. As my friend Sam Luce would say, I’m done “Bustin’ your chops!”
I felt these posts needed to be written. Why? Because we have the uncanny ability to be stupid. Many times in our lives have we shaken our heads and said, “how could I have been so stupid?” or “that was so stupid!” Really. Even with our complexity and ability to do some pretty incredible things, we certainly can be stupid.
The really stupid thing though is not talking about it. An affair could be one decision away. Many people never intended to have an affair.… Read the rest
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Don’t be stupid #5
Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
If you already, read my disclaimer about this series. This series is a no nonsense approach about compromising situations that may cost you everything.
Don’t live a life without accountability.
I forgot how important this was! I had so much accountability around my life through high school and college. However, once I went into full time ministry I no longer had any real accountability in my life. It wasn’t until a year and a half ago when I interviewed at Gateway and another church in Nashville that anyone asked me how my relationship with God was. I’d served at three churches previously and I’d never been asked. Two of the churches did do things at times that were conducive to growth, but there was no accountability.… Read the rest
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Lock-In graphic
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
We’re doing a lock-in just before school starts. We’re a little behind the eight ball. I designed two graphics that we’d use on the web and post cards to promote. What do you think? Which do you like?
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Don’t be stupid #4
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
If you already, read my disclaimer about this series. This series is a no nonsense approach about compromising situations that may cost you everything.
Don’t be alone with a child.
At all the churches I’ve been at, this has been one of the cardnal rules for ministry. If you neglect this one, I’m not even going to tell you how stupid you are.
Sometimes we have that last parents who lingers leaving their kids waiting. I want to honor my volunteers and send them home as soon as they can, but I’ll keep at least one to hang around with me until the parent comes. Sometimes this has been inconvenient for me and at other times this has been inconvenient to the parents.… Read the rest
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LAUNCH. What do you think?
Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Here’s an initial design of LAUNCH, the kids program you helped me name yesterday?
The program is being targeted to kids. It’s actually for all kids 5th grade and under, but I wanted to really target those 4th and 5th grade boys to get them excited about it. This is just the image on the front.
I got the font here.
I got the background here.
I bought the rocket here
I used some grunge brushes (I downloaded them from the web for free) to make the text/rocket look old and dirty up the background.… Read the rest
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Don’t be stupid #3
Posted on 14. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
If you already, read my disclaimer about this series. This series is a no nonsense approach about compromising situations that may cost you everything.
Don’t be alone with someone of the opposite sex.
This has been a rule of ours for the last ten years. Our? Yeah, it’s a rule my wife and I have for each other. I don’t meet a woman for coffee at Starbucks. I don’t certainly don’t meet with a woman for a meal at a restaurant. I never ride alone in a car with a woman. If working late and I’m at the office alone and there’s a female staff person shows up… I leave. If I’m meeting with a female in my office, I do so with the door open or in full view of the window.… Read the rest
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Help with a name!
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Hey, I need a name for a two day event. I could use some of your ideas.
We’re doing a leadership event at our church called Advance. It’s a two day retreat over a Friday and Saturday. In the past we’ve offered childcare, but it’s been kinda lame. This year we’re making it an event geared to events. The strategy is that if the kids want to go, the paretns will be more likely to want to attend. We’ll do movies, pizza, crafts, games, water events, inflatable slides and such.
What can I call it that the name alone is energetic and fun sounding… but doesn’t sound dorky or too little kiddy. This will be geared to 4 year old through 5th graders.… Read the rest
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Dont’ be stupid #2
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
If you didn’t catch it yet, read my first post about not being stupid yesterday. This series is a no nonsense approach about compromising situations that may cost you everything.
Disclaimer: I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. That’s okay. Feel free to comment and let me know why you disagree. I may disagree with you further or we may just agree to disagree. That’s okay. Many of the things I’m addressing in my posts are my opinions and my personal rules and philosophies. Do with them what you want.
But here’s what is most important. You’re too important to throw it all away. There aren’t enough of us doing what we do and to lose you becasue of a compromising (stupid) situation makes me angry.… Read the rest
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Don’t be stupid
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Last week Ryan Frank wrote about the steps that lead to adultry. Man, I’m so glad he wrote that. It’s something all of us need to hear and something that isn’t communicating often enough.
If you haven’t read it, do it now. No seriously, do it now.
I’d been thinking about a series of posts dedicated to the compromising situations that we sometimes get ourselves into. Ryan inspired me to go ahead and get these posts out.
I’m going to be a little more blunt than normal only because these issues can change our lives forever… not in the good way.
So, have you read Ryan’s post yet?
If you read it and have said to yourself, that will never happen to me or that could never happen to me, I’ve got news for you.… Read the rest
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