Hey Round Up Reader, I listened to a podcast called Six Pixels of Separation. One of the things I love about this podcast is that the host, Mitch Joel, starts the podcast with “who are you and what do you do?”. Mitch uses no fancy roll in or hype machine to build up the…
I was listening to Jeff Goins’ podcast The Portfolio Life and he asked cookbook author Sonja Overhiser about how she writes here cook books, she said, ” I try to think about the kitchen the other person is cooking in and their range of experience (rookie to veteran) I am writing to” This is such…
If you are a frequent visitor here, you may have noticed the frequent, password protected Youth Ministry Round Up posts and wondered what that’s all about. Let me explain. The Youth Ministry Round Up is what I send out to those who subscribe to the newsletter (link above). Every few weeks I gather youth ministry…
It’s almost that time. The time when everyone loses their minds in ministry and argue over that one day of the year, Halloween. Over the years, I’ve seen so much energy put into whether “the church” should acknowledge Halloween let alone leverage it to reach people for Jesus Christ through things like Trunk or Treat…
Quotes You need to follow The Wrestling Pastor When you’re heading to the santcuary excited to preach and a church member sneak attacks you with a complaint… pic.twitter.com/9UvGX4hdBy — The Wrestling Pastor (@WrestlingPastor) September 23, 2018 You only live once, so make sure you spend 15 hours a day on the internet seeking validation from…
I’m cheating on Halloween with All Saints Day (or All Souls Day) this year. I’ve never made a big deal of All Saints Day but Halloween has lost some of it’s pizzazz for me. Besides, All Saints Day focuses on the commitment the saints made, even unto death, that our kids need to hear. For…
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Please take what I am about to say with a grain of salt. These are feelings that I have chosen to put here because.. a) Twitter character count is too short b) Facebook invites my friends, and other, to chime in to encourage me, counsel me, etc. which isn’t necessarily what I am looking for.…
This is a rough transcript of Chad and I’s discussion on the podcast. I do not attempt a word for word transcript, but I try to interject key points and elaborate on Chad’s excellent thoughts for your benefit. If you have a moment, if you’re a regular listener who has not left a review for…
We’ve all been there. Our dreams give way to the 9-5 and we get stuck on repeat for weeks, months and even years. Then, one day we begin to dream again and ask “what if?” These four questions are meant to break the life traffic jam we seem to be stuck in and help us…
