by Andrew | Mar 14, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
BALANCE… we all want it. We all need it. Yet it’s a bit harder of a thing to find than it is a word to say. In my annual Reader Survey, I found that over half of the readers on my blog are either paid staff or leaders in some capacity in their church or...
by Andrew | Feb 22, 2016 | Ministry & Leadership
If you serve in a staff position or as a leader in ministry at your church, one of the most important relationships you have is the one with your pastor. In an effort to make that relationship the best that it can be and yourself the best that you can be, here are 5...
by Andrew | Jan 11, 2016 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Let’s be real honest… some of us need some super jumper cables to revive us and jumpstart our lives every morning. (Yes, we call it Coffee! Preferably with french vanilla creamer to be exact.) Our groans when the alarm goes off sound similar to our car engines on a...
by Andrew | Dec 7, 2015 | Ministry & Leadership
At the end of a year, wise people will stop and evaluate the previous year, and see how they can improve themselves over the next 12 months. Well, the last page of this last year is soon to be written, and the first page of the next is almost ready to be turned....
by Andrew | Dec 5, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Throughout the year, I try to read through a new book every couple of months. Here are the books I read in 2015. These are not in order of importance, simply in the order that I read them throughout the year. (I purposefully didn’t include the Bible in this...
by Andrew | Aug 3, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Ministry & Leadership
After more than 14 years of ministry, if I had to do it all over again, I’d certainly change some things. I’d change some things about myself as a leader and my leadership approach. And one of the things that I’d do differently is I’d have been equally a...
by Andrew | Jul 27, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
“Earth is playdough, Eternity’s a stone.” Does it ever suddenly occur to you that life is quickly passing you by, and eternity is even more quickly approaching? Every day, eternity could literally be just one breath away for any of us. And every day of...
by Andrew | Jul 16, 2015 | Ministry & Leadership
With the new birth at salvation comes new life in Christ. It’s fresh. It’s raw. And it’s real. I love seeing the “new man” develop in the heart and life of a new believer in Christ. And one of the biggest reasons is because it’s energizing and...
by Andrew | Jun 22, 2015 | Ministry & Leadership
In just a few weeks, our family will be answering God’s call and transitioning to a new ministry in Illinois. As I look back on the the past 14 years of ministry in Liberal, KS, God has blessed me abundantly with an amazing church to call home, and a wonderful...
by Andrew | May 4, 2015 | Ministry & Leadership
Ronald Reagan, who was a great servant leader, once wisely said, “In the end, it all comes down to leadership.” All of us, in some way or another, are leaders in some area of our lives, because as John Maxwell puts it, leadership is influence, and we all...
by Andrew | Mar 16, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Kids & Family, Ministry & Leadership
Every person, every day has something to offer to make the world around them a better place. Whether as a student or teacher, an employee or employer, a parent or a grandparent. Each one of us have a unique contribution that we alone can be or do to change the world...
by Andrew | Dec 29, 2014 | Ministry & Leadership
At the start of 2014, I tried something I’ve never done before. I didn’t know if it would work, but figured it was worth a shot, and it proved to be one of the best things I’ve done in a long time. I chose a key word to describe my year and give it clear direction. My...
by Andrew | Nov 10, 2014 | Children's Ministry, Ministry & Leadership
Whether working on a job or in a ministry, there are always those who seem to “get it” and those who just “don’t get it”. And I think that a lot of it has to do with one simple principle – whether or not they have adopted the...
by Andrew | Sep 20, 2014 | Children's Ministry, Ministry & Leadership
It was the third night of Vacation Bible School. Things for the week were going perfectly as planned. Attendance was good. Offerings were great. The high-octane spirit of VBS was in the air. But something was about to happen that no one could have expected… It was...
by Andrew | Aug 15, 2014 | Ministry & Leadership
I Corinthians 12:14-15,18 For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?… but now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased...
