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Hatchlings
Hatchlings is our blog dedicated to inspirational client stories and big ideas in ministry innovation. From astrophysics to farming to the church down the street, we believe that God-breathed, wild ideas can come from anywhere.
People Who Inspire Us #2
PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE US – We think they’ll maximize your creativity, because they sure do a number on ours To help inspire you, we are posting a list of a few of the people who inspire us. This is where we really need a massive Google doc, because you have your...
Because We All Need Some Inspiration Right Now
PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE US - We think they’ll maximize your creativity, because they sure do a number on ours Whether you are planning a dozen worship services, preparing for Christmas parties or working on finals, this is the time in Advent when we all need just a little...
REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 2016 Ministry Incubators Hatch-a-thons!
February 25-27, 2016 Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat CenterLake Junaluska, NC$255 per person*Register here March 2-4, 2016Institute for Youth MinistryPrinceton Theological SeminaryPrinceton, NJ$369 per person*Register here If you are: An early...
Finding the Hungry Hamster
- Kenda Creasy Dean One of my fabulous students, Amber Slate, led a terrific discussion today on Gallup’s Strengthfinders. She told us to beware “the hungry hamster” —referring to a strength that is over-used. Sometimes it goes rogue, cannibalizing so much of our time...
The Drake Prayer
Thanks to entrepreneurial youth minister Matt Overton, for digging up this prayer – it says better than I can what I hope God will do with Ministry Incubators. And with me. (To join the entrepreneurial youth ministry conversation, go here). The Drake Prayer Disturb...
Begging or Making a Life?
It’s a pendulum swing: the self-sustaining fellowship of believers, and the practice of begging—two time-worn ways we have learned to support ministry. Whenever we get seduced by the risks of one, somebody shoves the pendulum in the opposite direction. A quick...