KidUnique by Dan Webster
We look forward to our upcoming leader talk with Dan Webster. Here is a look at some of what we will be discussing.
College and professional athletes spend long hours dissecting opposing teams to increase their chances of winning. Smart business people will spend weeks investigating potential mergers to raise the probabilities of success in [...]
Community – Be Thankful for Your Shepherd
When you analyze shepherding in the traditional sense, you realize it was a pretty thankless job. The sheep were always in need of protection, food, water and direction and the shepherd was responsible for providing those necessities. The life of a shepherd wasn’t easy; often the nights were [...]
Kingdom Impact – Andy Stephenson
Greg Stier will be our guest for our first leader talk on September 15th. Greg is a powerful evangelist that has been leading Dare 2 share ministries for years and has trained thousands of students to share their faith. Check out www.dare2share.org or Greg’s blog at www.gregstier.org.
There are numerous free resources to [...]
Getting Naked: A business fable about shedding the three fears that sabotage client loyalty. By Patrick Lencioni. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010. 220pp. $14.10. hardcover.)
Review by: Dave Keehn, Associate Professor, Christian Ministries, Biola University, La Mirda, CA. & Pastor to Youth at South Shores Church, Dana Point, CA.
Patrick Lencioni has made his mark on the [...]
Each January I reflect on the previous year and look toward a new one. These are a few questions I stole from a ministry leader years ago that facilitate the process. Perhaps you’ll be motivated to carve out the time to LEAD yourself and refect!
Is my calling sure?
Is my vision clear? (It’s my [...]
“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as you ever can.”- John Wesley
It was an ordinary day for two ordinary men. Peter and John, Jesus’ disciples, were on their way [...]
If you’re in ministry and you’re remotely aware of the shifts in the
church world than this will not be anything new. For years I grew up
in church thinking and acting as if the church were just a place. We went
there to worship and learn about God. Sometimes we would [...]
In most student ministries training the average American teenager to evangelize
their peers is a lot like going to the dentist. No one is really excited about a visit to the dentist. It’s not something we look forward to but we go out of necessity, and usually only when we simply can’t avoid it [...]
Everyone seems to love to celebrate things. Sports victories, holidays, birthdays, promotions, etc… If we were asked if we like to celebrate things we would all say yes, of course! Who doesn’t love some cake, balloons, and a pat on the back after a great win?
The problem is, as much as we say we [...]
We live in a time that is consumed with social networking. We tweet and facebook our daily lives, some in vivid detail. As I write I have over a hundred friends on facebook-many I don’t even know. I live in a world that is adept at networking but is too often unable to form meaningful, [...]

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