I love God’s word, especially Proverbs because it is so rich in lessons for life, love, & leadership. When it comes to leadership, it’s important to be a lifelong learner, lead with integrity, network with other leaders, and constantly cast vision. But there is one leadership lesson that is often missed, and that’s where Proverbs comes in for me. Each year I read through...
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If you’re a parent, you know that kids grow up. For the most part, kids develop on a very steady schedule. Sometimes it seems like they grow up really fast. And it’s true. Kids do have growth spurts where they experience more rapid maturation either physically, emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually. And rapid growth is often accompanied by growing pains. Often, ministries work...
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Hello. My name is Eric Newman. It’s actually Christopher Sykes, but I feel like this is a hidden camera show. I could swear that Jim, Kenny, & Sam somehow followed my life with cameras over the last several years and then wrote this book just for me. At some point in my fifteen years in ministry, I have experienced everything written about in this book. When I finished...
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I got a call from Shana Johnson about 10:30 at night. She was trying to put together the nursery rotation for this month with new numbers and names I had provided her with. Shana told me that during one month’s time, we needed to fill a total of 64 positions on Sunday mornings for bed babies through kindergarten. The problem was that we only had 63 names on the...
Read MoreI was reminded of many truths yesterday as I sat and listened to some great kidmin leaders discuss what works in their ministries. One such truth is that every leader must put into practice their MBWA degree. Okay, so most of you have probably never heard of an MBWA degree. Last year, I actually learned I already had one from my mentor Jim Wideman. So what is MBWA? And how am I going to put...
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