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09-06-10
Ever since I watched the documentary Food Inc, I've been challenged to change my diet and my food purchasing habits. "Buy local, eat organic" is the mantra I hear when I head to SuperWalmart. If I did it, I'd be healthier.
Cultivate is a locally grown conference. It's all about meeting the needs of children, youth, and adult ministry leaders. So often church leaders desire to develop their volunteer or staff team to the next level but they are limited by time and resources. National conferences are expensive and require hotel stays and airfare. Cultivate is locally hosted by a cooperating church and led by Rhonda Haslett, a graduate of Bethel Seminary's Children's and Family Ministry Masters Program and veteran children's pastor. Rhonda has assembled a team of incredible presenters to help guide Cultivate participants through the 1-day conference. I'm proud to be part of the Cultivate team because I share Rhonda's passion for empowering local leaders to grow.
09-01-10
I'm sure you've seen or heard of Bob the Builder. It has been on television for the past eleven years and it reaches children in 240 territories and 45 different languages! Author Daniel Pink uses Bob the Builder's signature question, "Can we fix it," to illustrate the difference between positivity and doubt. According to Pink's research: In a nifty set of experiments, three social scientists explored the differences between what they call "declarative" self-talk (I will fix it!) and "interrogative" self-talk (Can I fix it?). They began by presenting a group of participants with some anagrams to solve (for example, rearranging the letters in "sauce" to spell "cause".) But before the participants tackled the problem, the researchers asked one half of them to take a minute to ask themselves whether they would complete the task – and the other half to tell themselves that they would complete the task.
What were the results?
06-29-10
Check out this video from Pixar University's Dean, Randy Nelson talking about Collaboration. Read more...
06-28-10
It does not seem that long ago, but in the fall of 2003 I began my journey in full-time children's ministry in Madison, WI. I had Biblical and theological foundations from my newly earned Pastoral Studies degree and loads of volunteer experience working with children. However, lacking a great deal of maturity, I started ministry trying to be someone else. I grew up in the mindset that children’s ministry was event-driven, using puppets, performance, juggling, clowning/miming, Scripture pictures, and gospel magic. Having no real training in those areas, I took lessons in magic and devoted a great deal of time to trying to become a children’s ministry performer. I patterned my ministry after the models I grew up with and it did not take long before the thing that I so desired to become my entire life (a pastor) felt like it was going to kill me and my wife! God taught me an important lesson: Ministry was not going to work unless I was going to be myself.
06-22-10
Making Cheetos is no easy process. You can read all about the science of cornmeal, friction, frying, and cheese powder here. But after reading about how Cheetos are made, I was most struck by the end of the process: Quality Control.
According to Wired Magazine, "Every half hour, an in-house lab analyzes the chemical composition of samples pulled from the cooking line to verify that the Cheetos have the right density and nutritional content. Then, every four hours, a four-person panel convenes to inspect and taste the snacks, comparing them to perfect reference Cheetos sent from Frito-Lay headquarters." Read more...
06-10-10
I want to continue looking at the divide between the digital immigrant and digital native leaders in children's and family ministry and the big questions that all of us need to answer. Let's start with: Bring on the Revolution! Read more...
05-21-10
I want to continue our series of posts about What Matters Now in Children's Ministry with a few posts about the answers that really resonated with me. Randy Isola contributed the answer "Wonder" to the What Matters Now project. Randy is my boss, but that's not why I'm reflecting on his contribution (I'm pretty sure he does not read this blog anyway). Randy has re-taught me what children's ministry is all about. I say that he "re-taught" me, because before I met Randy I thought I knew everything about children's ministry. Here's what Randy had to say about wonder:
I believe one of the most compelling questions in Scripture is the disciples’ asking about Jesus, “What kind of man is this?” After a glimpse of his power, the disciples were driven to discover the answer. Our churches should instill that wonder in children and propel them to a lifelong adventure of finding out the truth behind that question. Read more...
03-16-10
This year, I went crazy for the Winter Olympics. I kept up with the medal count, put events on DVR, learned crazy Russian names, and yes, even watched curling. The Olympics are a fascinating event, but as I learned more about the way Olympians are timed I found great parallels to children's and family ministry.
Precision - The timing officials brought 220 tons of equipment to Vancouver, along with a team of 650 people (including 400 volunteers) to keep official time of the events. The margin for error is virtually zero with these precise timing instruments, even those that measure distance.
Read more...
03-04-10
I have spent many hours in the past two months preparing and leading EPIC meetings in my ministry context. These meetings set the stage for countless hours of followup, recruiting, and ministry in the next 6-9 months. Here are some key things I learned about how to lead these meetings effectively. Read more...
03-02-10
I'm always looking for new ways to get my ideas on paper. Recently a friend introduced me to the "Personal Idea Pad" or PIP, from Accidental Creative. PIP is a really effective brainstorming tool. It structures your thoughts, gives a framework for connecting disparate ideas, and can be used in a group setting. Check out the video and see for yourself!
02-16-10
In the summer of 1998, the world of chess was changed. Battles between chess grandmasters and computers ten years earlier were dominated by human intellect and intuition. Then in 1997, the $10 million supercomputer "Deep Blue" soundly defeated Gary Kasporov. Then by sheer mathematical brute force, computers became better at chess than humans. But something changed in the summer of 1998 when a grandmaster's match allowed players to play alongside a computer. Kasparov called this style of play "Advanced Chess." Then in 2005, there was an entire online chess event that allowed players to combine their talents with a computer. Here is Kasparov's recap of the event:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23592
"The surprise came at the conclusion of the event. The winner was revealed to be not a grandmaster with a state-of-the-art PC but a pair of amateur American chess players using three computers at the same time." Read more..
02-11-10
The following paragraphs are taken directly from Stephen Johnson's blog.
In his essay introducing The Long Now Foundation, Brian Eno tells the story of visiting a wealthy friend in her downtown loft, in an otherwise destitute Manhattan neighborhood circa 1978:
I just didn't understand. Why would anyone spend so much money building a place like that in a neighbourhood like this? Later I got into conversation with the hostess. "Do you like it here?" I asked. "It's the best place I've ever lived", she replied. "But I mean, you know, is it an interesting neighbourhood?" "Oh ? the neighbourhood? Well-- that's outside!" she laughed.
Read more...
01-26-10
As a staff team, we think about the life of a KidsWorld volunteer in four simple phases: recruiting, placement, training, and care. Probably the hardest phase for me to address is care. In the remainder of this year, one of my goals is to come up with one significant step in honing the care phase for the 2nd-5th grade volunteers I lead. In the middle of that effort, I came across the research of Richard Ryan, a psychologist at the University of Rochester.
Ryan's article in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology came to the conclusion that happiness increases for most people on the weekend. No surprises here (except maybe for some workaholics out there), time away from the daily grind, deadlines, and the pressures of work would suggest an increase in happiness. The interesting thing about Ryan's research is the psychology behind the increase. According to Ryan, the increase is due to "relatedness and autonomy."
01-11-10
Previously I wrote about five forces or broad trends that we are facing as children's and family ministry leaders (the rise of the individual, connectivity, Twitter Speed, Rip-Mix-Burn-Share, and Motion Blur). I'd like to finally address the last force - Motion Blur.
From the original article:
Motion Blur: The result of the previous four trends is motion blur. Motion blur is happens when you take a photograph of something that is moving rapidly. The result is a less detailed picture, since the picture is trying to interpret all the movement and show the sense of speed. In the lives of kids and families today there is motion blur between the virtual and physical worlds they occupy. For kids and teens in the virtual world, friends and relationships on Facebook are just as valid as the friends and relationships they have at their school or neighborhood. Shane Hipps who wrote Flickering Pixels introduces the term "digitally absent" for those who would rather take a phone call th
10-09-09
Steve Adams is presenting the final session at PDCM 2009 about Encouragement.
10-09-09
Doug Fields is presenting Session 9 at PDCM!
10-08-09
Steve Adams and Randy Isola: Empower - To give somebody a greater sense of confidence or self-esteem
10-08-09
Steve Adams and Cynthia Petty with Carmen Hawe: Enlist - to gain the cooperation or support of somebody
10-08-09
Steve Adams is presenting Session 5: Equip - to prepare someone with the necessary education, training, or experience to succeed
10-07-09
Execute - to put an instruction or plan into practice. Tune into the 2nd General Session of the children's ministry conference at Saddleback!
10-06-09
Check out the live blog of PDCM 2009 - the Pre-Conference Session...
09-11-09
Good leaders take their followers to new realities and better futures. Here's 9 lessons my senior pastor taught me this summer:
09-04-09
I've written about Wordle before. It's a great tool to create cool designs out of text by calculating how frequently words are used and representing it graphically. I was recently challenged to use Wordle as a devotional tool.
09-02-09
So often our ministry and leadership can be characterized by constant movement, action, and focus on what is going to happen next. Are there any dangers to leading with velocity?
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