Bobby was puzzled with the odd messages left on his voice mail. Friends and family would talk and then say, “Beep.” He discovered the reason for the joke when he finally listened to his greeting. “Hi,” it said, “I’m not in right now, so please leave a beep after your message.” Having the right marching […]
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Follow the Leader
Once a farmer found an abandoned eagle’s nest. To his surprise, there was still one egg left inside. Upon touching it he realized it was still warm, so he took the egg back to his farm and laid it in the nest of one of his hens. The egg hatched and the baby eagle grew […]
Failures that Count
Running a ministry can often times be completely unpredictable. You don’t always know if your efforts will produce the results you hope for or just end up in failure. Say you have been trying to prioritize relational evangelism within your ministry. Because you want to be a leader who models it, you begin to call […]
3 Reasons Why You Need to Take Care of Yourself
Have you ever been so worn-out from all of the work you’ve been doing that even before getting out of bed in the morning you feel tired? Try as you might, you just can’t seem to catch up with the high-speed ministry train. It can feel discouraging to think that there is no way to […]
4 Secrets to Finding the Right Leaders
A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners hoping to recruit some volunteers for a new project. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. So, he took out a business card that had “Revelation 3:20” printed on the […]
How to Choose Gospel Advancing Curriculum
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe…Does your decision process for choosing curriculum sometimes feel like a shot in the dark? Maybe this describes your experience from time-to-time… The curriculum’s selling points won you over, but when you dove into the content, the theological truths were weak and lacked practical application. As a result, you feel like your […]
