Category Archives: Leadership

Linkfest 2 – For Planners, Leaders, Bored among us…

Linkfest. Celebrating what’s there. Planning Center Online is a web-based service planner that we’re currently experimenting with. Anything to get away from Microsoft Word based Worship orders. So far it’s working pretty well. We’ll see what it looks like when … Continue reading

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The End of an Era?

Dr. Gayle Beebe served as president of Spring Arbor University for 7 years and is now being called to the next vocational station. Will he be missed? Absolutley. Gayle leaves big shoes to fill. But I would like to think … Continue reading

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Online Leadership & Personality Indicator Links

This past weekend I participated in a conference with The Other Craftsmen in Ottawa Lake, MI. In the Teambuilding workshop I talked about the importance of knowing your leadership strengths and weaknesses. While there are many in-depth tests that can … Continue reading

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Continuing Worship Education

I’m happy to report that after seven years of on-and-off study, I have finally received my Certificate of Worship Studies from the Institute for Worship Studies. It was a foundational set of courses for me as it helped me to … Continue reading

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Linkfest 1

Ron Martoia has written an interesting article-ette over at VelocityCulture about the voices in our heads. Some good ideas here. Next Sunday is Amazing Grace Sunday in the US. We will join in the festivities using Chris Tomlin’s adapted version. … Continue reading

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Bible/Journal/iPod

’07 is already one week old. What are you doing to keep growing spiritually? If you’re like me (and I know I am), it’s easy to get intimidated by the managerie of disciplines, strategies and 3-point sermons (sans poem). I’ve … Continue reading

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The Servant Leader vs. the Pragmatist Leader

Our internal thesaurus usally equates the title “leader” with “boss”, “numero uno” or “a monkey could do their job”. We’ve all been in scenarios where… The leader knows how to get things done, yet in the process doesn’t know how … Continue reading

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