Leading through Benign Neglect

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Time is like money – very few people say they have enough. Therefore, it must be budgeted wisely. As church leaders, that means we need to ask ourselves, “What is most important for life change?” Survey like Willow Creek’s...

Focus

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Al Ries writes in his book, Focal Point, that there are four things you can do to improve the quality of your life and work. 1. You can do more of certain things. 2. You can do less of certain things. 3. You can start to do...

Love Life, Love Simplicity

By Jeff Tunnell “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”(Benjamin Franklin) While this is a poorly written statement in English, and it may translate with even more difficultly into other languages, it bears a truth that...

Busyness in Cell Ministry

by Joel Comiskey A friend of mine, who is also a leader in the cell church movement, asked me on several occasions to tackle the topic of busyness and cell ministry on the JCG blog. He wrote, “In our society, so many people are busy, come home late, and then say...

Mistakes and Corrections in working with Children

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv During the early years of our work with cells, we did not have a specially designed plan for children. In fact, children were secondary. While the adult cell were meeting, the children were simply taken to another room (or the backyard)...