I know what you’re thinking. I wasn’t too interested in this link when I first saw it, but to tell you the truth, the plate design simply looks good. I’d seriously consider putting these on my car. If you are living in Indiana, go ahead and vote for your …
What do pastors get paid?
The Southern Baptist convention does a study each year of church staff compensation based on a number of demographic factors. This year's study is now online: 2006 SBC Compensation Study They provide many different ways to view the study data. Choose customized report, enter your church …
Dream Team Meeting
Tonight we had a dream team gathering over at our place and though we had a much lower attendance than at other meetings, we still had a good time. Here’s the summary: Singing We sang Beautiful One and then You Are My All in All Lesson Continuing our series on the early chapters of Acts, I …
A New Evangelism Tract
No one came to last night's Bible 101 study that I had scheduled at our house. In light of that, I've determined to not focus on programs that aim to "get people to come" and instead, focus on meeting people one-to-one to key in on evangelism and discipleship. In light of that, I've decided to put …
A new external link!
I was surprised today to see a new external link coming into my site! http://www.fingertoe.com/ Thanks Josh! …
Annual Meetings Update
We have safely made it to St. Paul, Minnesota, and my daughter is so excited to be in Minnesota even though she has no real clue what it is. We were sitting in the restaurant tonight, and she piped up, "We're in Minnesota! It's a restaurant." Perhaps that's one way to look at the state that is home …
We are back in Chicago
Yesterday we left the comforts of home for the latest Mikels family roadtrip. I have a hard time calling it a road trip because we are only going to Minneapolis from Lafayette which means we will only be about 9 hours away from home. Can that really be a road trip? Anyway, our trip has three …
I’m an Enthusiast
According to the "Enneagram," I am an Enthusiast. Here are some quotes from the website: The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Acquisitive, and Scattered Easily become accomplished achievers, generalists who do many different things well: multi-talented. Practical, productive, …
So I can close the windows
I'm posting some links here so I can close the windows and maybe come back to them later... MC Hammer's Blog! Free Music Downloads …
Log for June 5, 2006
Update from Last Week New Contacts Made (Liz, Heath, Ryan, Andrea) — 4 Face to Face Meetings Events Tuesday Study with one family Wednesday Bible 101 launch Thurs. hosted open mic night at coffeehouse Fri watched kids for friends Sat. hosted BBQ for soccer team Sun. hosted Vision …
We’re not competing with other churches.
One of the truths about church planting is this: We aren't competing with other churches. We are competing with all the unspiritual ways people spend their time. But sometimes it's hard to really believe it. This last weekend, Jen and I found on our door a flyer that seems to be for a new church …
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Log for June 1, 2006
What I did today: Met with Tom for lunch and talked through the Bible 101 lesson 1 as well as a ton of other stuff. The dude just won’t let me pay for meals! Mowed the Lawn! Did the MC thing for the coffeehouse and played a couple tunes myself (Still Know How to Groove by Everybodyduck, and …
Popple Rocks
It's late at night and my wife is asleep on the couch, but I just have to post this before I go to bed. Tonight at the Skylight Coffeehouse in Lafayette, I went to the open mic night as I usually do on Thursdays. Tonight, however, I was actually hosting, and I performed a little bit myself, but we …
Log for May 31, 2006
Jen and I just got back on Monday from our conference up in Green Lake. Yesterday was spent catching up with email, performing security upgrades to church websites, making some phone call reminders of Bible 101, and meeting two fellows who came to set up our Air Conditioner (it was …
What’s Wrong with Me? — Follow-up
I just thought I'd write a follow-up to my previous blog... The church consultant had just a few things to tell me: The problems at NWBC were there long before I ever came, and in no way did I cause them. My leadership was such that many of the problems that were "under the table" were brought to …
What’s Wrong with Me? — Facing my problems again.
Warning: self-critical blog alert. NWBC Update It has been a few months since I left Northwest Baptist Church, and in the intervening months, NWBC has been going through a process of evaluation with a church consultant. From what I have heard, the process has been challenging and helpful. The …
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