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We Said No To Ho, Ho, Ho

Back in November of 1978, Julie and I began our lives together. It was a wonderful day, all the the kids in our children’s church were so excited about attending our wedding. I’ll never forget one little fellow name Zack asked us if he could go on our “Moon ride” with us. I told him […]

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Fifteen Smart Things To Do During Your First Year In Ministry

Seems like I’ve been being asked about this a lot so I thought I’s repost this from my blog over at www.KidminCoach.com on my KidminCoach Talk blog. Hope you enjoy… It’s your first day on staff as children’s pastor at a new church. The senior pastor has introduced you to the staff, donuts from your first […]

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Learning From Our Mistakes

In my book Tweetable Leadership one of my favorite tweets is” Experience is the best teacher but it’s doesn’t have to be your experiences that you learn from.” This is true but so is this one…”Don’t make the same mistake twice, there are enough different ones you can make each time.”  I don’t why I […]

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August 20 is another one of my favorite days

Four years, one month and four days after Yancy was born, God blessed us with another wonderful gift from Him… another beautiful baby girl. On August 20, 1984 I heard the same three words from a different doctor that I heard from the last doctor…”It’s a girl” We named her Whitney Michelle. The minute I […]