by Michael Bayne | Jan 19, 2012 | change, leadership
If you want to lead a church, non-profit, or ministry that is innovative you have to learn to embrace the risk that comes with it. I would say we have a very innovative environment here where I serve and it’s because we have learned to endure the risk that comes...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 18, 2012 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Sorry to tell you this and frustrate your plans but you don’t get to choose your calling in life. By calling I mean that deep rooted passion that makes us sing when we do the work we do. Some of us are called to be bankers, teachers, painters, writers,...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 16, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership
Daniel and Emily Doss are my friends. I am posting this because I watched Daniel and Emily go through the experience of wanting kids, not being able to have kids, and choosing to work through the process of adoption. I had the joy of watching Manny become their son...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 12, 2012 | leadership, team building
Joshua 1:6-9 (NLT) 6 “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 11, 2012 | book review, change, family ministry, leadership, vision, youth ministry
After reading You Lost Me by Dave Kinnaman and spending a week with college students at Passion 2012 I find myself more determined to help churches understand that college students and young adults are not leaving their faith but instead leaving churches all across...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 10, 2012 | family, leadership, Parenting
Chelsea and I just celebrated 16 years of marriage. I know it’s crazy. We got married in college and were both 20 and it was the best thing that ever happened to this dude. The past 16 years have been an amazing journey as we have grown up together. We spent 7...
