By Eddie Pipkin September 7, 2016 I found this article on Time Magazine’s website, “Screens in Schools are $60 Billion Hoax,” to be not only counter-intuitive, but downright provocative. The premise from author and researcher Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is that our very expensive conviction that technology will revolutionize education in our struggling schools is not [...]
By Eddie Pipkin August 25, 2016 There have been countless blogs written about motivating ministry teams. Any number of academic experts and high-priced speakers have shared tips and strategies for how to promote a gung-ho spirit among the troops. It is the holy grail of team management. In fact, some corporate entities have gone so [...]
By Eddie Pipkin August 1, 2016 Frederick Buechner turned 90 on July 11th. The great writer and Christian theologian has published more than 30 books, and is one of the most-read Christian authors of all time. His inspirational, deeply thoughtful work is being celebrated in a new collection called Buechner 101: Essays and Sermons by [...]
By Eddie Pipkin July 25, 2016 Research is constantly being done on the art of motivation (motivating ourselves, motivating our ministry teams, motivating the leadership of our all-too-frequently moribund institutions). How do we get people excited about the things we’re excited about? How do we move forward with positivity through difficult moments? How do we [...]
By Eddie Pipkin July 16, 2016 At the beginning of July, film icon Olivia de Havilland, star of Gone with the Wind and one of the last living links to Hollywood’s golden age, turned 100 years old. She is still physically active, witty, and intellectually sharp. She’s lived in Paris for the past six decades, [...]
By Eddie Pipkin July 9, 2016 Okay, straight up, I know some of you ministry partners hate sports metaphors. I know they drive you nuts. So, my apologies—it is quite possible that for you this blog will be an air ball (see what I did there?)—but so amazing was game seven of the recent NBA [...]
By Eddie Pipkin June 20, 2016 This is an unusual blog. I am writing it from the screened back porch of my home in Orlando (or as I refer to it, my “office”). It is a beautiful, peaceful spot with a lush backyard on a little lake – but for four days earlier this week, [...]
By Eddie Pipkin June 14, 2016 I was reading the Orlando Business Journal on my laptop the other morning, and I came across this article about “10 Ways to Recruit and Retain Millennial Grads”. Now, I admit I am a sucker for these kinds of articles and almost always read them – I am fascinated [...]
By Eddie Pipkin June 4, 2016 Uncertainty. The anxiety experienced when we don’t feel we have control over a situation is a fundamental part of ministry life. We plan and plan and massage the details, yet most of us serve in volatile, dynamic environments in which we work with dozens of people on a given [...]
By Eddie Pipkin May 26, 2016 One of the most interesting aspects of being part of the EMC3 team while also holding down a day job in local ministry, is spending so much time thinking and writing about the latest approaches to community engagement while slogging through the practical, real world considerations of helping a [...]
