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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.
Generous Leadership
In Warren Buffett on Business: Principles From the Sage of Omaha, Buffet is quoted as saying that one of the most important things you can be as a leader is generous. He says that generosity is not just sharing resources (though it is that), but sharing credit,...
Havruta: The Passive Resister
Today, we are wrapping up a series we have been doing on how we engage with those who fight, question, and doubt us. The series, which we started more than a month ago, but which has taken some mild diversions, has been based around the idea of Havruta - a idea from...
Havruta: The Worrier
This week, we’re continuing our Havruta series on how to most faithfully engage with and learn from those who push back on, doubt, and detract from your ideas. These can be volunteers, lay leaders, parents of young people you work with, investors, etc. Anyone who has...
Havruta: The Fighter
A few weeks ago, we started a series on how to engage with people who aren’t sure about your idea. We took a divergence (which I do not regret in the slightest) to talk about the Norrises, but I wanted to return to this: having people who give you push back on your...
The Norrises
When I met Mike and Jeannie Norris, they were the lay leader and finance chair, respectively, of a rural, small town church. It was a healthy, happy church with Sunday morning services with live music and preaching, board meetings, coffee and donuts after, a monthly...
Havruta
We at Ministry Incubators pretty much exclusively work with people who are in a state of profound change. Be they solo innovators, denominational bodies, or congregations, everyone we meet is in the messy emergence of something new. While every context is unique, and...