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Margin = Ministry: Money

I was 32 years old when God called me into ministry. My wife and I had great careers and we were making GOOD money. We had new cars and a great house. The one thing we didn’t have was much margin. If you don’t know what I mean by margin, I’m talking about money. Margin

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The Myth of Generational Segregation

Published on June 6, 2012, by in Leadership.

Recently I was reading something and the writer used the term “generational segretation” to describe the distribution of different age related ministries in the church. I don’t even remember where I read it or who said it, but that phrase stuck with me. Over the next few days I found myself repeating that phrase over

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Networking is Key

Published on June 1, 2012, by in Leadership.

As some of you may know I am currently bi-vocational; working as an ER nurse for 36 hours a week and as a children’s pastor the rest of the time. For the past four years I have managed the computer system in the ER that I work in. During that time the hospital has sent

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Pray For New Skin

Published on May 28, 2012, by in Leadership.

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wine skins will be ruined.” Luke 5:37 NIV When Jesus said this, the people listening would have understood what he meant. See new wine is poured into the wineskin

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I See a Red Door

Published on May 11, 2012, by in Leadership.

“I see a red door and I want to paint it black.” I remember this song as the theme song for China Beach, a show about the Vietnam War. I have no idea what this song is about, but I always thought it was a cool song. And it kinda puts words to what I’m

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