Tag Archives: Ministry
Two great articles on sexuality
Posted on 26. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Since I didn’t realize that Children’s Ministry Magazine had a great article on this important topic, I figured I’d search their site to see if there were any more. Yes, two great articles!
Click here for their article on how children understand sexuality at different points of their development. It would be a great resource for parents to understand what their kids know, what kinds of questions their kids are going to be asking and how to deal with those questions. Excellent information.
The second article I found was directed toward ministry leaders. It deals with how to tackle difficult conversations and situation involving a variety of sexual topics. Everything from engaging a family of same sex parents, working with children who have gender identity issues and encountering kids who are engaging in conversations about sexuality.… Read the rest
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Things I’ve learned from Jim Wideman (part 3)
Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Kenny.
One very important thing I learned from Jim Wideman on my last visit to Tennessee involved pacing in ministry. We’ve all got dreams for our ministries and more than anything, we’d like to see them all come true… sooner than later. If you’re like me, you get frustrated with how long change seems to take. Can you relate?
I’ve had the privilege of seeing the handiwork of Brother Jim at both Church on the Move as well as at World Outreach Church. The difference is night and day. The Children’s Ministry at World Outreach Church looks nothing like the Children’s Ministry at Church on the Move. Although he’s made a lot of changes in the last two years, I guess I just expected more (don’t get me wrong, Jim does everything with excellence.… Read the rest
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I’ve noticed something about the top 100 church blogs
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Kenny.
The other day I bumped into Kent Shaffer’s list of top church blogs. Many of them I follow or at least visit occasionally. Several of them I’ve never heard of. This list isn’t Kent’s favorite blogs, it’s determined by readership subscriptions, page ranks, technorati ranks, and several other factors. They’re on the list because they have thousands of readers.
Here’s something interesting I noticed. Just a few years ago, these blogs didn’t exist. This type of information was typically distributed in magazines. Most of these blog authors would be regularly featured in ministry magazines. I’m simply amazed by how much more information is available to us today as opposed to a few years ago when magazines had the sole responsibility of distributing this kind of information.… Read the rest
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Thoughts on Oral Robert’s life
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Kenny.
Today at 2:00, the Memorial service will air here.
His passing last week has given me time to think about the significance of this man. I’ve found that over the years, the mere mention of his name (either because it was the school I was planning to attend or becasue it was the school I attended) typically brings a reaction. About 60% of the time, I get a benign response from someone who knows little to nothing of the man/school or thinks highly of the man/school. About 30% of the time I get the “look.” It’s the one eye big, other eye narrow, “REALLY, you went to that school. I’m really confused right now and I think I’m going to keep a closer eye on you now” look.… Read the rest
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Comparison of facebook pages and groups
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.
Yesterday I wrote about pages as opposed to groups in the facebook universe. I guess I’m just encouraging people to take advantages of pages for all they have to offer. Groups has been around longer and most of us have more experience with groups. Groups make more sense. They feel safe and community like. However, that’s just becasue we don’t completely understand why you’d use a page. Like I said yesterday, groups have their place and you’ll still use them. However, there may be some things you want to use pages for instead of groups.
So, here’s a little comparison. Here are the things that both groups and pages can do:
- Wall discussions
- Discussion boards
- Photos
- Videos
- Send messages to members/fans
- Create related events
What can a group do that a page can’t?… Read the rest
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Success, Failure and Courage
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
My friend and co-worker Michael Warden wrote a post last week interacting with this quote from Winston Churchill. What a great quote that’s been stirring me up lately.
“Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” — Winston Churchill
It’s prompted me to aks a lot of questions of myslef:
- What old successes have I been living off of?
- When was the last time I failed? Am I not taking big enough risks?
- What have I done lately that required courage on my part?
What do you thinik?… Read the rest
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Good advice we all need to hear
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by Kenny.
On Sunday I found out about a church planter who just resigned from his church of five years because he was having an affair with his assistant.
This is the kind of news that ruins my day.
There have been way too many godly men and church leaders in my life who have fallen into moral sin that have cost them their ministries. The lucky ones some how managed to hang on to their families. Not that these sins just pop out of nowhere or that they aren’t related to another pattern or dysfunction, but for a lot of these people, everything they’ve built and have worked for is gone in an instant. For some of these people (due to the nature of leading a community) friendships are gone forever.… Read the rest
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Ted and Gale Haggard interview
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Kenny.
I don’t know if I just missed this information, but just the other day I ran across Elevation Church’s (dynamic church in Charlotte, NC) video message where Steven Furtick interviewed Ted and Gale Haggard. Here is the video.
It’s an incredible message that everyone needs to hear. I always had a tremendous amount of respect for Ted. I have a lot of family and friends who attend New Life Church in Colorado and Ted used to come to my college and speak quite a bit. There is no doubt that God has used this man.
It truly does break my heart to see what he’s gone through. Yes, what he’s experiencing now is the consequence of his sin. We also must remember that God disciplines those he loves.… Read the rest
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Orange 09: Breakout C – Message: Rules of Engagement… the Art of Communication
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Kenny.
This session was led by a previous White House Communication Director. He had many great things to say about communication.
Communication is about understanding people and having conversations. It’s about content and delivery.
Communication is both an art and a science. We need to master the art and understand the science.
Life boils down to two things:
- Uncontrolled events
- 10,000 hour rule (working hard)
You are always communicating, even when you say nothing.
When in sales, you focus on the relationship. The sale is the fruit of the relationship.
Persuasive Conversation
The goal of conversation is to affect behavior (occasionally it is to raise awareness)
Two keys to persuasion
- Be likable (be yourself). Humor is only a tool if you’re funny.
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Blogging dead? Say it aint so.
Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by Kenny.
This has been bugging me for a many days now. The fact that I haven’t just let it go or forgotten about it is the part of what bugs me. Steven Dilla, the Preschool Pastor at Fellowship Church, Grapvine (and an incredibly great guy, he gave me a fantastic tour a few months ago… thanks Matt for introducing me to Steven) deleted his blog. He read this article and then deleted it.
Now I’m a big fan of Wired magazine and really appreciate the insight on technology and culture. After reading the article myself I would have to say that I agree. Blogging is so 2004.
However, the true question is, “am I ready for change?”
I don’t know that I am… yet.… Read the rest
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