Tweet You’re familiar with the common scenario where someone half-jokingly asks for advise for a “friend”. Everyone knows the “friend” is actually the person asking the question. Well, that scenario…
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Tweet At the time of this writing, I have been married for ten months. It’s been an incredible ride with Christie, my wife, and I’m very lucky to have found…
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Tweet Whenever I post about how structure can get in the way of progress I hear from people who remind me we need structure to prevent organizational chaos. And, I agree….
Tweet One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. In this post, I’m including the term management. I…
In addition to the normal celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, I love the energy that Easter brings to a church. That energy, if channeled correctly, can fuel a church beyond one day per year. The problem I see with many churches, however, is that they stop the work put into the Easter services a few days too early.