Sometimes You Gotta Call In The SWOT Team!

Years ago, while learning to be a better leader, one of my mentors introduced me to the SWOT Analysis.  This is the art of taking your current program or event and evaluating it in 4 areas.  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This…

The Power of the Holy Spirit

This past weekend, I was blessed with the opportunity to speak at the North Dakota KidCon. KidCon is for kids ages 3rd Grade - 6th Grade. There were really cool activities, such as; laser tag, blacklight dodgeball, snack shack (yes, this is…

What Coaching Did For Me!

In 2018, the church, where I was on staff, decided to put its training dollars into coaching as opposed to sending us on a trip to a conference.  The concept was, that for about the same amount of cost, we would get 6 months of ongoing training,…

Finding Hope: a bloggers review

As a Kids Pastor who was also a theatre minor in college, reading through this Christmas musical was a delight. Finding Hope, written by Trisha Peach, from www.kidmin.ninja, is a wonderful musical based on a the parable of the Prodigal Son mixed…

Put Me In Coach!

In 2018, the church, where I was on staff, decided to put its training dollars into coaching as opposed to sending us on a trip to a conference.  The concept was, that for about the same amount of cost, we would get 6 months of ongoing training,…

Fantastic Follow-up

We are all beginning to get back to a sort of normal. Churches are opening- with new guidelines and restrictions. But we are opening none the less. People have been so pent up for the last several months, that they are ready to get back to…

Feeling Uninspired…

So I've been telling myself, I need to write a blog. But I just haven't known what to write about. I've been feeling a bit uninspired. I thought about writing about our time with family during this COVID-19 quarantine. But really, that…

Are You Asking The Right Questions?

I am often terrible at asking the right questions. In fact, I don't ask questions unless I'm really prodded to do so. I answer them. I'm good at that. I'm a pastor. I can talk the paint off walls. But how good am I at listening? Well, I'm…

Take Some Time

So..... those are my wife’s hands in the picture above. She is an artist! I mean, I mean like a real artist. She draws, paints, sculpts, decorates cakes, and so much more. But she understands the value of taking some time. Stephanie…

Remodeling

So about 2 years ago, we embarked on a remodeling project in our home. We had a wall that separated our kitchen from our living area. In fact, we were supposed to have an eat in kitchen. But I have a family of 7, plus my mother lives with…