Five Ways to Welcome New Church Staff to Your Community… A How-to guide.
If you live in a community of any size, there is a decent probability that one of the churches will have hired …
How to truly #DefundPlannedParenthood …
Unless you have been living under a rock the last few months, you know there is an ongoing battle to defund Planned …
Five Ways to Show Appreciation For Youthworkers…
Youth ministry has changed in the last 15-20 years. For the most part, the days where the youthworkers mainly managed pizza parties …
Ministry is Generational. We cannot forget this. EVER.
Last week I attended the visitation for a friend that I wish I would have gotten to know more before Alzheimers did …
Digital Shadow.
Everything you do online is, for the most part, permanent. Go back and re-read the previous sentence. People and companies are tracking …
Protection.
Im many parts of America, you wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked at night. You also wouldn’t leave your keys in your …
MinistryPlace.Net On The Road: Indiana United Methodist MERGE Conference
On May 29 and 30, I will be at the INUMC MERGE Family Ministry Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. He will be presenting workshops …
Four Things You Won’t Learn About Ministry In College or Seminary….
There is some debate today about what the current value of Bible College/Seminary is in ministry positions, given some of the alternative …
The Truth about Fifty Shades of Grey…
This post originally appeared on the Author’s Personal Blog… A few years ago at a church sponsored event, I noticed several young …
A Lamp Unto My Feet
This post originally appeared at the Author’s Personal Blog Finding yourself in a sea of crazy that leaves you feeling lost and …
Its all His anyway…
This morning, a friend of mine posted a news story on Facebook about some urban farming happening in North St. Louis. The …
4 Things I Learned Leaving Church Staff…
Its now four months since I left my last church staff position. Its been a roller coaster of opportunities and some letdowns …