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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. 

Finding the Hungry Hamster

Nov 17, 2015 |

- 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

Sep 29, 2015 |

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?

Sep 15, 2015 |

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...

New Video about the Farminary at Princeton Seminary

Aug 17, 2015 | ,

Ministry Incubators' affiliate Nate Stuckey and the Farminary at Princeton Seminary just released a video about this exciting new project. Check out the video below and learn more about the Farminary here. The Farminary at Princeton Seminary from Jordan Brady Loewen...

Are You Leaving Youth Ministry?

Aug 14, 2015 |

Anna (not her real name) is a fellow lifer in youth ministry. We’ve been friends for more than two decades. Last summer over ice cream, I was telling her about Ministry Incubators. I couldn’t tell if I heard a twinge of betrayal in her voice when she said: “I just...