Notes

Introduction

Give me a place: This variant derives from an earlier source than Pappus: “Fragments of Book XXVI,” Diodorus Siculus: Library of History 11, trans. F. R. Walton (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957).

3 Beyond Goldfish and Bubble Machines

This chapter is adapted from Annette Safstrom, “Content vs. Systems,” Ministry Architects blog, March 24, 2015. Used with permission.

Years of preparation: Mark DeVries, Sustainable Youth Ministry (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008), 51-52.

7 Seeing What Others Can’t—Yet

begin with the end in mind: Stephen Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), 14.

10 Beyond the Victim

to deal with people: “Politics,” Dictionary.com, accessed June 5, 2017, www.dictionary.com/browse/politics?s+t.

It’s rarely malice: Dan Reiland, “Church Politics: Part 1,” Pneuma Foundation, accessed June 6, 2017, www.pneumafoundation.org/article.jsp?article=/article_0082.xml.

malignant narcissism: Scott Peck, The People of the Lie, 2nd ed. (New York: Touchstone, 1998), 78.

11 Children’s Ministry Is Family Ministry

For example, if you are sending: TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). See www.ted.com/talks.

12 More Than Planning

In 1918, Charles Schwab: James Clear, “The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine Experts Recommend for Productivity,” JamesClear.com, accessed June 6, 2017, http://jamesclear.com/ivy-lee.

13 Your Ministry Marathon

A study at: Mary P. Bennett, Janice M. Zeller, Lisa Rosenberg, and Judith McCann, “The Effect of Mirthful Laughter on Stress and Natural Killer Cell Activity,” PubMed.gov, March-April 2003, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12652882; Bill Seiler, “School of Medicine Study Shows Laughter Helps Blood Vessels Function Better,” University of Maryland Medical Center, March 7, 2005, http://umm.edu/news-and-events/news-releases/2005/school-of-medicine-study-shows-laughter-helps-blood-vessels-function-better.

The word busy: Eugene H. Peterson, “The Unbusy Pastor,” Christianity Today, 1981, www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/1981/summer/81l3070.html.

Appendix G

This appendix was originally published in Mark DeVries Sustainable Youth Ministry (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008), 211-13. Used with permission.

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