A time of self-assessment, encouragement, personal and spiritual mentoring to enable youth ministers to continue to thrive as a Kingdom servant leader. March 6-7, 2015 Retreat location: Little Galilee Christian Camp, Clinton IL Hosted by Rondel Ramsey, Professor of Youth & Family Ministries, Lincoln Christian University ____________ SCHEDULE Friday, March 6 6:00 pm – Arrive & unpack (eat supper before … more
Category Archives: Personal
Seth Godin’s “Who Let the Air Out of the Balloon” blog this morning (http://ow.ly/GdJee) was particularly insightful and has application for a variety of life’s sectors. It particularly sparks my thinking for the church and how we leaders must change the way we approach discipleship, the way we dump information and expect congregants (adults and students) to swallow everything that … more
Sudoku Leadership. Inquire Within. 21st century leadership requires systemic thinking & dynamic action. Simplistic decisions wreck havoc on organizations & destroys organizational health. The lack of this kind of leadership is best illustrated when a leader, a minister, or department head makes an organizationally wide decision that is obviously the best for the leader’s focused area but inadvertently causes new … more
Ps139:8 “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” Funny how an old covenant guy gets new covenant Christianity better than some new covenant disciples today! Here is my take on Ps 139: If I go to the store, you are there. If I am at a … more
I wonder if God is more concerned about what happens between Amen and Dear Father than He is between Dear Father and Amen. I wonder if God is more or just as concerned with what happens between the benediction on Sunday and the invocation the next Sunday than He is between the invocation and the benediction in that hour on … more