Here’s the thing. I admit I have been a procrastinator and I’m not very organized. I am a skilled procrastinator. Not sure there is such a thing as skill at being disorganized. But it could be an art. I can
Play by Play #3
11 Ways You Can Improve Someone’s Day (& Yours Too!)
Walk someone else’s dog – good for you for exercise and takes a chore off someone’s hands. Plus the dogs love it! 2. Notice and compliment something good or wonderful in someone – people don’t hear enough honest compliments.
Teaching Discipleship vs. Making Disciples
In the movie, THE GUARDIAN, actor Kevin Costner plays Ben Randall, the instructor for new potential Coast Guard Swimmers. These are the ones who go into the water to save people often in frigid or dangerous conditions. In one
It’s Child’s Play!
What did you enjoy doing as a child? Maybe it’s something you still do? Or is it something you used to eat and when you eat it now you feel like a kid again? Adults sometimes forget to eat childish
A New Day, A Different Workspace
Working in different places can inspire you. I enjoy a change of scenery and I believe God certainly uses our environment to influence our work. Here’s a place I get a lot of work done and enjoy as a change
You Don’t Need More Leaders
We started a camp for senior teens called Disciplemakers-in-Training (DIT) where we nurtured them in being disciples who made disciples. We worked with a small group of interested students. It included aspects of leadership and camp leadership but we were
What is it About You?
Okay, sounds like a gripe doesn’t it? Kind of like, “what’s wrong with you?” or “why are you so…?” But that’s not what I mean. What I’m saying is that you are unique. There’s no one else quite like you.
Conspiracy of Encouragement
Sounds political doesn’t it? Conspiracy, oooooh! But I’m not talking about some political novel or the latest scandal from some government. I’m talking about how you can build up a disciple, a leader or a student, and they often don’t
What’s the Big Deal About Disciplemaking?
Coupla’ things. First, people don’t know what that means. What does it mean to make a disciple? Is that getting someone to run around in a bathrobe (like in a Chrismas pageant) and spout Bible verses? Is it some
Okay, Pivot Time!
Did you ever start something and go, “yeah, that’s good, sort of.. .but it’s not quite where my heart is?” That where I found myself last Friday. I had a pretty good start with Holy Imagination, three weeks with one or