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Transformation ...
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Looking more like Christ ...
Helping others to live it out
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Preparing for More Ministry
One of my hobbies is gardening. Helen and I love to dream what could be and start working towards it. Hope is a big allure for both of us in the garden. I’m probably a little crazy about it. God loves gardens too. I believe He has been planting seeds of big plans He...
Moving Ahead Amidst Challenges
When I was a kid my Mom and my Sister would read me "The Little Train that Could." It's a book about a little train trying to get up over a big hill. The train was lacking confidence in the daunting task of hill before him. The turning point was the little phrase he...
Good things in our new reality.
Hope this finds you well! We are all going through challenging times with: our first pandemic, our daily Presidential press conferences, global stay at home lockdowns, jobs furloughed, job cuts, long lines at the grocery stores, even more online shopping, watching...
Good things I am working at: Zoom Zoom
We have all needed to adapt to our new reality. One thing I cannot say is that I have so much more time now that we are staying at home. The nature of how I serve church leaders and congregations is done in person but also on phone and online video calls. Here's what...
Five Pushbacks That Hinder Leaders, Part 2
Five Pushbacks continued This is the second part to Moses' reluctance to follow God's grand vision. If you want to start from the beginning, follow this link. No one is immune for the challenges that leading God people brings. Once Moses hears of the enormity of the...
Five Pushbacks That Hinder Leaders, Part 1
I was recently asked to take a larger leadership role. Being asked to lead a new task no matter the size is energizing. It feels great to be asked to take on a new level of leadership. With a promotion we tell our loved ones and friends about the exciting news. We're...
Christmas 2019
December 5, 2019 - UPDATED Merry Christmas! This season is a wonderful reminder of God’s goodness to us. From the very first Christmas, the occasion was marked in special ways. The wisemen brought gifts. The angels brought worship. Shepherds stopped everything and...
Prayers for Embattled Leaders
We are all called to lead somewhere. Leadership comes with joys and challenges. One person who knew a lot about leadership is David. He certainly know of his great victories like bringing the ark to Jerusalem. He also knew great challenges, some very tough ones. These...
Dane’s Local Ministry
So how would you make one million disciplemakers? That the question we are asking these days in The Navigators. We have set ourselves on a course to build one million disciplemakers by 2030! The part I am playing includes both my national and local roles. Here's how...
Dane’s National Role
So how would you make one million disciplemakers? That is the question we are asking these days in The Navigators. We have set ourselves on a course to build one million disciplemakers by 2030! The part I am playing includes both my national and local roles. Here's...
My prep a GiDC Cluster
I am preparing for the launch of two congregations in our disciplemaking process Growing intentional Disciplemaking Culture or GiDC. Here's the details as I get ready. Here's the present situation: + 2 NALC pastors from Southern OH. They are smaller churches led by...
The Three Words in Discipleship …well actually there’s a forth!
This forth word was one I missed. Even as a pastor I served forgetting to live it out. I was living out being a disciple, discipleship and discipling, but I was missing the most impactful piece. Here's the great opportunity. If we live it out, it opens a door for...
Big Prayer for Jan & Feb
Pray for big things The year starts off with two big events. They are big because they involve national level strategy and implementation. I am honored to be a part of the discussion. I am intrigued where the Lord is leading the Navigators. Here’s the two...
Relaunch of intentional ministry
I am excited to relaunch my intentionalministry.com site. Special thanks to my friend Roger Nichols for his time and expertise! You've actually seen him if you've been on my site. Roger and I gathered for a number of years at a Panera walking through a great...
EXCEL Conference
This fall our Great Lakes Region will be running the national conference for our Navigators Church Ministries. We will have a great opportunity together to EXCEL at disciple-making. I couldn't be any more enthused with our speakers and workshops. The hope is that we...
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