by Eddie Pipkin Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Did you win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics last month or an Oscar the other night? Me neither. So, clearly, neither of those accomplishments is going to be the key to our ultimate happiness. What about if we select the perfect March Madness [...]
It is with a sad heart that I share that Excellence in Ministry Coaching’s founder and leader, Dr. Phil Maynard, died unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago. Phil was a military veteran, medical technician, a musician, second-career local pastor of thriving congregations, discipleship expert at the conference level, multi-volume author, certified coach and trainer, and [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Here in Central Florida it had been a long time since we experienced a serious freeze – more than 10 years. Tropical plants had flourished in the interim. You get a stretch without plant-damaging cold, and you start dreaming of your fruit tree orchard: mangoes, bananas, oranges, avocadoes! Then you are delivered [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Image by Andreas from Pixabay I hope you’ve had time to catch some of the Winter Olympics action from Cortina. The storylines have been compelling, and the setting is cinematic. The exploits of athletes from around the world are inspiring, and they can hold lessons for those of us who [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Image by RAJIV KUMAR from Pixabay Are you familiar with the “right to repair” movement? It’s a movement that has gained traction in recent years that would give legal rights to consumers to be able to fix their own equipment and devices. In some ways it is part of a [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Image by Wagner from Pixabay I’ve written on this topic before, but this time of year is a great reminder that it’s a subject worth repeating and exploring further. Although churches are in a special category all their own when it comes to charitable giving . . . are they [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Image by jennycepeda from Pixabay I have a good friend who has been enduring a gauntlet of medical troubles since the last weeks of last year. He found himself in the hospital for weeks, dealing with a cascade of interconnected issues, and then when they finally got his infections under [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Image by Csaba Nagy from Pixabay Welcome to 2026! We made it. If you have been reading this blog for a long time (thanks!), you’ll know that I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions. I’m more of an incremental change kind of guy. But it is important to have regularly [...]
by Eddie Pipkin We here at Excellence in Ministry Coaching would like to wish you a joyous Christmas with some solid rest and reflection once all the events are done and with some quality time with the people you love. I thought I would share with you a little nugget from five years ago, some [...]
by Eddie Pipkin Photo by Pipkin My son purchased an Advent calendar for us. It’s a Lego botanicals Advent calendar, and each day there is a decorative box that contains a bag of tiny plastic pieces and a slip of instructions for assembling them, resulting in a lovely flower or succulent. It’s fun. [...]
