The Daily Melvin

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365 DAYS of INSIGHT and MOTIVATION

for GETTING the LAY PASTORS MINISTRY DONE

DHWY

DAILY MELVIN

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PREFACE
(MELVIN J. STEINBRON)

I am grateful to hear that the book “The Daily Melvin” will publish soon. I developed many resources in ministry last thirty years. People questioned where in my work to find the best discussion on how to place people, even I find it difficult to answer those questions.

The Daily Melvin is intended to provide an answer. It presents in organized form —and directly from my own writings— a key statement of mine, followed by a few lines, also from my own works, of comment and explanations, on topics ranging across a great many resources on my work: Lay Pastors Ministry.

The most important part of this book is the blank spaces at the bottom of its pages. They are what the readers will contribute, their actions, decisions and the results of these decisions. For this is an action book.

This book owes everything to my longtime ministry friend, colleague, and the pioneer of Lay Pastors Ministry Korea, and now the founding president of Melvin University (Kenya Africa) Byeongchea Seo. It was his idea to bring together in one volume the best excerpts from my writings. He then selected both the appropriate quotes and the commentaries on them from my writings, articles and manuals. The result is a truly comprehensive

guide to executive effectiveness. My readers and I owe a very great debt of gratitude to Byeongchea.

MELVIN J. STEINBRON

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INTRODUCTION
(BYEONGCHEA, SEO)
In putting together The Daily Melvin, I have tried to distill and synthesize the “tapestry” the Melvin Steinbron has woven and continues to weave. I have done this by constructing 365 readings, each addressing a major topic, one for every day for the year. Each reading starts with a topic and a Melvin Proverb or Aspiration, or other quotes are essence of the topic. These proverbs, aspirations, wise sayings, and quotes are mnemonic constructs that remind one of the teachings on each topic. Then follows a teaching taken directly for the works of Melvin Steinbron. Next comes the action step (“ACTION POINT,” Byeong prepared this part), where you are asked to “act on” the teaching and apply it to yourself, your church and your organization.

After each reading, the original source or sources from which the reading was excerpted are cited as reference. Unless indicated otherwise, the page references provided in “Sources by Day” refer to the latest edition of each book or booklet. The status of each reference is contained in the “Annotated Bibliography,” at the end of the book. Most Melvin books, booklet, Manuals referenced are in print, especially those referred to most often. If you wish to go deeper into a specific topic, you may. One word of advice: Look for “the future that has already happened.” If you can identify and act upon trends that are just now emerging, you will carry forward in practice the Melvin Tradition.
BYEONGCHEA, SEO (Ph.D)

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CONTENTS

Preface (Melvin J. Steinbron) 11

Introduction (Byeongchea Seo) 13

JANUARY 18

FEBRUARY 52

MARCH 86

APRIL 120

MAY 154

JUNE 188

JULY 221

AUGUST 254