Start Your Week Unemployed

Courtesy of Dreamstime.com Imagine, waking up only to discover that you are unemployed. For some of you it might be haunting experience, a one filled...

How To Make Something Out Of Nothing

Courtesy of Dreamstime.com Nothing can be more frustrating than hitting a creative stump moments before a deadline. Maybe you are writing a message,...

Are You Giving Them All The Answers?

When I was a junior in high school I had to read The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner.  At that time of my life I didn’t enjoy reading anything…

Problem Solving Vs. Scaling Success

I’m starting to get a little sick of sports radio, at least local sports radio.  No matter how well a team does, each week a hoard of fans will call…

How Professional Is Your Ministry?

Courtesy of Dreamstime.com When I wear a shirt and tie into work people will ask one of three questions: Are you interviewing for another job? Who’s...

Why You Talk Yourself Into Trouble

Courtesy of Dreamstime.com I’m willing to bet you’ve over promised and under delivered at least once. You didn’t mean to but that person caught you...

Get Stronger With Your Weaknesses

In my second year of ministry I had a parent call me out.  They were justified in what they said because I was acting bull headed.  I was trying to…

Why It’s Difficult To Create Success

Don’t you hate when the finished project doesn’t look like the picture? It could be a cake, a model airplane, or even an origami crane. It sort of...

What Does Your Sunday Look Like?

© Photographer Jeffrey Banke | Agency: Dreamstime.com When you walk into your church on Sunday you: Create Recruiting Opportunities: People who are...

Why Everyone Needs A Whiteboard

I have the habit of writing things down…good for me, right? Well, it’s good that I write a lot of things down; however, I tend to write them on...

What Is Your Ideal Work Environment?

Courtesy of Dreamstime.com I hit a writer’s block yesterday that had a hold on me. I tried taking on a few other tasks, hoping to jog the block;...