Tag Archives: Leadership

I Have a Voice

You have likely heard Adele belt out her recent hit, Rolling in the Deep. But have you heard a ten-year-old sing it like this before? I work with preteens every week, yet I never expect them to break out into song, sounding like this. (And if the ten-year-old vocalist wasn’t enough, the other two musicians [...]

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redefine: motivation

redefine: motivation

Where do we find fulfillment in our lives and passions? As preteen ministry pastors and leaders, we know the Sunday school answer that it should be found in Jesus. Yet time and time again we find it in ourselves or in our ministries. It’s as if we buy a shirt because we like it, wear [...]

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Q&R with Craig Jutilla

How do you balance today’s work with something you’re going to do later? You can’t. God gives a certain amount of time and season. There are seasons in life, but there are never seasons in ministry. It is always on all the time. You can’t do it all. When you’re spinning in life it can [...]

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redefine: your passion

One great idea can literally change the course of someone’s life. Fresh bread is better than microwave. Too many people a giving microwave sermons. And our students deserve better. Serve them fresh bread. If you are not prepared to receive an idea, you will end up missing most of them. Notebooks, cell phones, bathtub crayons [...]

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