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 inve
Popping off online with a sarcastic quip when I’m unhappy about something is one of my biggest temptations. I know I’m not alone in this because I see a lot of people do it, even leaders. The times I engage in this a re extremely rare to non-existent however I am sorely tempted many times . I know it's important to have this under control. If I'm going to be effective , there's no question I have to be extremely careful with what I post. My boss and I were talking about leadership one day and he made the remark that the higher we go in leadership the less freedom we have. I couldn't agree more. Let's say as a pastor, I had a terrible experience in a Sunday morning service where everything went wrong. The sound. The media. Evvvvvverything. It is tempting for me to go online right afterwards and post, "Why couldn't the rapture have come at exactly 10:45?" or, "Some Sunday mornings require Xanax." Yeah, I have totally posted