Magical Lessons Revisited (4 of 6)
19 Nov
Okay. So I started these posts last week discussing the six lessons that comprise the book, Inside the Magic Kingdom. We’re half-way there! Let’s finish it up.
Lesson #4: Everything walks the talk.
Just like ‘Everyone walks the talk’, Everything must walk the talk, as well. Everything from the space your ministry occupies to the tools your ministry produces. It means that every detail of your experience is intentional. It means that every item added to your space fits with the theme of that space. It means the very design of your volunteer structure reflects the mission of your ministry.
It boils down to keeping ‘the main thing’ the main thing. In my world, the ‘main thing‘ is kids. The ‘main thing‘ is establishing kids in their relationship with Jesus today! Not when they’re older. Not when they graduate. Not when they get into the ‘real world’.
Today.
It means my volunteer structure reflects our passion for relationships with kids. Our volunteer training focuses and refocuses our team on the mission of life-change within our LifeKIDS.
It means everything my ministry produces should move a LifeKID deeper into their relationship with Jesus. If it does not accomplish this… it’s a waste of time.
Everything communicates something. Is it communicating what you want?
Great series of posts
Thanks for the reminder! Those two concepts were key while reading Inside the Magic Kingdom, they almost sound like some hip in-your-face slang sayings to say handle your business and stay focussed. Keep the main thing the main thing and everyone walks the talk.
BOO!!! Sorry but with all the talk of everything fitting, this seemed like the perfect place for a bit of spontaneity. Or maybe not. If so, never mind (grin). My favorite children’s story in the Gospels is Mark 5:24-34. I still wonder, if she had snuck away instead of confessing, would she have just been healed instead of also being freed from her suffering?
thank you for also kicking me in the bottom… I read this post a few days ago and thought about it briefly before shoving these word on the shelf of my mind to go along with the other words of wisdom, I may never pull off that shelf again.
Then this morning of course, walking the yellow walls…I look down and see crickets, dead just lying in the corner…I walked by and justified my not bending down to pick them up with “better to see dead bugs than smell my morning Cheerios.
Then, this blog…is walking by and leaving dead crickets for parents to see showing what we value? does it say we value them? Not really…so I went and grabbed and hand full of tissues (I’m kinda a germ-a-phobe) to clean up the little critters. What joy! Now our kid-friendly space, cheerful cast members and loving staff together help foster changed lives.
Jimmy, thanks for the diversion… and I have no idea about the story. maybe, maybe not. but Jesus had a trend for helping people confront their fears. did the woman touch His cloak only b/c that’s as close as she could get? or was she too scared to get in front of Him as many others did? By turning around and forcing her to look into His eyes… wasn’t that greater healing than what she received physically? just a thought
Jess,
Dang! you are so right. easy to pass something up, yet so important to take care of it. we set the trend for how everyone else responds to the same dead crickets. pass it up? or clean it up?