Archive for April, 2009

Can You “Say Uncle”?

As you all know, Friday April 17th at 5:17pm Trevin Michael Fietzer entered our world. Trevin is my brother’s baby which makes me an uncle!! OMG … I am uncle!! WOW! I am getting old!

Anyways … as promised I wanted to show you photos of Trevin. If you are a follower of mine on Twitter then you have already seen some photos but here are a few new ones that my mom sent me.


My Favorite picture is the one below. Two handsome young men!!

Uncle Nate & Trevin

**Just noticed … mom didn’t send me any pictures with her in them**

Should children witness childbirth?

Shawna, a good friend from Overflow Church here in Appleton sent me this today. I felt it needed to be shared.

Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call.

The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby.

Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked.

Heidi pushed and pushed and after a little while, Connor was born.

The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his
bottom.

Connor began to cry.

The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what she had just witnessed.

Kathleen quickly responded, “He shouldn’t have crawled in there in the first place……smack his butt again!”

3 Important Leadership Thoughts

Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to attend an Easter Drama entitled “Watch The Lamb” by Apostolic Truth Church in Appleton, WI. The drama was fantastic! Everyone did a great job! Seth Boyte really rocked the drama. He played Jesus and started to sing during the Last Supper and … WHEW … blew me away. It was awesome.

The drama was your typical Easter Drama and wasn’t meant to be something to teach about leadership but during the drama I was reminded of three things that I wanted to quickly share with you on leadership before I head to bed.

First Thing!

Jesus never attended college, He had no degree, no excellent work history, hadn’t written any books, cut any records, nor was He wealthy with physical goods. What made Jesus who He was, was the Spirit of God in Him. He spread joy and love. He was peace. He walked with patience. He was kind and good to those around Him. He was gentle to both the weak and the strong. He walked in self-control even when He was wrongly accused. He went about His Father’s business. Want to achieve greatness? What to be respected? Be more like Him!

The Second Thing!

John 13:1-20Open Link in New Window tells us that Jesus (the leader/master) washed the feet of His followers. He (Jesus) served His followers. As leaders, we need to make sure that we are serving those that follow us. I have seen many leaders get this mixed up and expect the followers to always serve when the leader hasn’t ever served them. You want servants in your ministry? You want people to submit to your authority. Serve them.

This leads me into my Third Thing!

Watch this quick clip!

Simon Peter didn’t want Jesus to wash His feet. I believe Simon Peter was speaking out of true humility but when I watch the scene unfold tonight I seen pride issue. Sometimes we don’t want to accept blessings or have people sow into our lives. We don’t think we are worthy but Jesus said “If I do not wash your feet you will no longer be my disciple.” … I believe that was God reminding us that we need to allow those around us to sow into us, to bless us. It’s humility. It’s something we all need to walk in.

I know these things might not have been fresh revelation to you or you may even disagree with me on them but they are some things that were brought into remembrance tonight during the drama and I really wanted to share them with you.

Let me know your thoughts!