The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
The conference wraps up this afternoon and we come home. We're having an amazing time. Last night I went out with my church ladies after the service. This was a really important time for us. With my other responsibilities I don't get to sit with them or be with them all the time so mealtimes especially are important times of sharing with them as well as riding places in the car and talking. Last night the only place open was McDonalds but we were out til' 2 am. I am not even kidding about this but when we were walking in the parking lot to go in, a man tried to run us over with his car. He was crazy. All we were doing was walking inside but he purposely tried to run us over and we ran away from him. Then he screeched to a halt, looked at us sort of hanging his head out the window and laughed this horribly deranged type of laugh. I mean it was horror flick kind of stuff tha...