“Sir! Don’t they have barbers where you are from?”

A couple weeks ago I was spending the day in New York City with my family. We were in the midst of a fun day, checking off bucket list items for both of my parents and decided to go spend some time in Central Park. We were heading to Central Park with the end goal of finding a nice shady bench and some hot dogs for … Continue reading “Sir! Don’t they have barbers where you are from?”

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on my blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking with all of you. Because of travels and vacation, you might have noticed that there weren’t any links last week. To make up for that, this week’s edition seems to be fuller than usual. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Book Review- “Spiritual Kaizen: How to Become a Better Church Leader”

Grant Hagiya, Spiritual Kaizen: How to Become a Better Church Leader, (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2013). ISBN: 978-1-4267-5322-0.  I recently had the opportunity to read Spiritual Kaizen. I had not heard of this book until receiving a copy of it in the mail, but I am very glad to have received it. It’s a nice and relatively short book (142 pages including notes) about ministry leadership and life. … Continue reading Book Review- “Spiritual Kaizen: How to Become a Better Church Leader”

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on my blog means that I get to share some of what I have been reading and found interesting with all of you. This week has a nice and wide selection of things. Topic Categories include: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Vocation and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these links … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Today is Thursday, and two days ago was Tuesday. Tuesday usually means that on the blog I share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking from over the past week with all of you. However, I have been on vacation, so that means that this week’s edition is coming to you a little late. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

I hope all of you had an enjoyable 4th of July/Independence Day weekend! I did, as I was in Wisconsin celebrating my Grandma’s 90th birthday. Turning to today’s post, Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting over the past week with all of you. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Celebrating Grandma’s 90th Birthday!

My Grandma T. recently celebrated her 90th birthday. To help celebrate, all of her kids, many of her grandkids, a niece and nephew from North Dakota, and many church friends gathered in person yesterday. Her grandkids that couldn’t be there in person joined her via Skype from Delaware and Namibia. There were also tons of cards and well-wishes from all over, and through every form … Continue reading Celebrating Grandma’s 90th Birthday!

What a Week!

You probably noticed that I didn’t write as much last week as I tend to do. That’s mainly because I was attending the Disciple Project. I did check-in with a brief update last week, but was saving the majority of my writing and reflections for later. Well, its probably time to share. I mentioned previously that I met a number of people in person whom I have … Continue reading What a Week!

This Week’s Links

Happy July! To all of you Canadians out there, Happy Canada Day! To all of you World Cup and futbol/soccer fans out there, GO USA! Today is also Tuesday, which means here on the blog that its time for me to share some of what I have found interesting and thought-provoking over the past week. This week’s topic categories include: Church and Ministry Thought and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

So far at Disciple Project…

Last week I mentioned that I would be attending the Disciple Project this week. Well, as we are slightly over half way through the week, I thought I might recap how it has gone.  In one word, its been awesome! I am so glad I am here. The connections, friends and relationships I have made and will continue to make this week make this invaluable … Continue reading So far at Disciple Project…