Comments for Live :: Learn :: Lead

Comment on Mission Trips Part 1: Pros & Cons of a Large Mission Team by Todd_Szymczak

Todd_Szymczak — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:11:00 +0000

Thanks, Dan. Hope you and your wife are doing well!

Comment on Mission Trips Part 1: Pros & Cons of a Large Mission Team by Dan Haugh

Dan Haugh — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Todd. thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree wholeheartedly and echo/share your experiences as well. I think the key of small or large groups is unity, intentionality, and clear and commented vision. blessings on Grace’s trips this summer!

Comment on What Does It Mean To Be Called By God? by Karla

Karla — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I’m actually really confused about what God is calling me to do at the moment. I’m at a crossroads – though maybe not really because I’m only 20 years old and I don’t really think that destiny or divine control means that decisions we make are irrevocable or cause us to be cast in cement blocks forever. Still, it feels like a crossroads. I’m at the end of my sophomore year in college. I can either be a psychology major and dance and Spanish minor and go on to graduate school for dance therapy, or I could do an applied linguistics or education major and finish undergrad with a teaching license. There are different parts of each plan that appeal to me, and different parts of each that don’t. Still, when I really thought I would do applied linguistics and push off dance therapy, a little part of my insides screamed and died. I heard it and felt it. I don’t want to be poor (dance therapists don’t make much money and I’d have to find a way to pay for grad school), but at the same time, I don’t want to make a decision that will be the first step in a lifetime of giving up on my dreams and selling out to the man. If I feel that God is calling me from two different roads at the same time (I teach English privately and I love it, but majoring in it would mean I can’t study what I really want to study – psychology and dance), what do I do? Also, I’m Jewish not Christian, so telling me to ask Jesus is not exactly going to help. And I ask God all the time, but He seems to be saying by His silence that I have to decide by myself.

Comment on Free Youth Worker Leadership Style Assessment Tool by Todd_Szymczak

Todd_Szymczak — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:55:00 +0000

I’m an “adaptive” leader. Def no shock

Comment on Free Youth Worker Leadership Style Assessment Tool by Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:37:00 +0000

I’m “relational”–no big shock there! What were you?

Comment on Jesus In The Middle: A Reflection For Good Friday by Mackivanovich

Mackivanovich — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:15:00 +0000

great thoughts on Jesus the middle man!

Comment on Jesus In The Middle: A Reflection For Good Friday by Todd_Szymczak

Todd_Szymczak — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:31:00 +0000

Thanks, Susan! Blessings on your sacred spaces, and have a great resurrection Sunday!

Comment on Jesus In The Middle: A Reflection For Good Friday by Susan P.

Susan P. — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:46:00 +0000

This is so very helpful. Our church is doing an interactive stations of the cross exhibit on Good Friday. I would like to use this reflection in my station and I will surely give you credit. Blessings to you!

Comment on Partnering with Parents to Create an Intentional-Push in Raising Kids in their Faith, Part 4 by Don

Don — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Hi Todd,

Nice blog! Thanks for leaving a link and a reminder of it in the weekly parent update. Please do that occasionally so we parents can remember to jump in more often.

Wow, those Think Orange bullets above are great. It’s true the weekly message in church and home definately needs to be in Sync and I thank you and the staff for giving us the summary now in your parent update. I copy it to my android calendar every week for Sunday evening dinner discussion.

Integrating parents and kids into seamless (and not competing) ministries, syncing messages and running parent/teen programs are all great ideas. I know implementation is always the tough part.

Thanks for your thoughts. I hope other parents comment.

Don Coughlin

Comment on A Common Mistake Parents Make When Challenging Kids to Grow in Their Faith, Part 1 by Jim

Jim — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:29:00 +0000

I can push my kids to walk the dog in the rain, and I can push them to be at church on time. I might be able to force them to be “religious” (but I wouldn’t.) Can I push them to follow Jesus in an authentic way?
I can’t wait to read your posts Todd.