I was surprised today to see a new external link coming into my site! http://www.fingertoe.com/ Thanks Josh! …
Mall of America
Today, Jen and I took the kids to the Mall of America because our conference doesn't start until tomorrow and what else do you do in St. Paul, Minnesota? (Actually, I think St. Paul and Minneapolis are really cool, and I have seriously thought about moving here at times.) Have you heard about the …
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 …
Some Church Planting Links
Since I'm spending today as a "Sabbath" to focus on some spiritual things, I've spent some time this morning looking at some church plant websites, and here are a few that I've come across. jonathan herron of catalyst.church LifeChurch Acts 29 Network --- specifically, be sure to check out this …
The Cycle of Rebellion
In my last post in this category, I gave a narrative description of the first 6 books of the Old Testament ending with the death of Joshua. Now, I'm picking up where that post left off. The key thing to remember for the rest of Jewish history is that the Jews lived in a constant cycle that went …
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 …
Pastor Hacking?
I don't know if you have this problem, but I am a procrastinating distracted creative learning computer geek I generally have between 10 and 20 projects going on all at the same time, but I almost never finish any of them because I get new ideas and set to work on the new ones forgetting about …
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 …
How to Offer Constructive Criticism
Here's something I learned from my recent meeting with a church consultant---nothing that he taught me, but some things that I perceived in the way he handled the meeting with me. One of the most important things a person in leadership can learn is how to offer constructive criticism to an employee …
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 …