Plant the seeds – don’t dig them up
Have you ever watched kids learning to garden? They plant something, then are so eager to have it grow that they keep digging it up to see if it’s growing. Sometimes we’re like that in our endeavors. If we’ve sown the seed and done what we needed to do, now it’s time...
Using the prophetic gift well in leadership
Of all the gifts, the prophetic gift is one that is often misunderstood and misused… like God or a prophet hammering down in an uncaring angry way. But that’s not how the gift is supposed to operate. How do you deal with the prophetic gift if you have it...
New Resource: Barnabas Coach Training
As a ministry leader, you want to develop people who can engage in incarnational missional ministry. You want to develop people who can come alongside others to develop them as well. You want a relational– yet effective– means of making disciples. What you...
What about the other 167 hours?
Take a look at the ministry flow chart below. It puts the role of celebration– the worship service– in context. That’s one hour out of the week… the rest of the week is 167 hours. Consider where you are putting your time and energy. How much is being...