Flashback Friday: Help Them Help Them
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! If you’re a leader of people, part of your job is to help...
Monthly Archive: October 2015
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the bold print to read the entire...
Mommy, Where Do Leaders Come From?
Volunteers. Depending on your background or current situation, that word can either strike fear into your heart, fill you with dread, or – if you have had great experiences – make you imagine that you’re...
Together For Adoption 2015
Next month the church where I serve (The Summit Church) will be hosting Together for Adoption 2015: a like-minded gathering of people with a heart for orphans and an eye towards the fatherless. T4A’s impact...
What’s Stopping You?
It’s Monday. Which means – if you’re anything like me – you’re rolling into the office with a pocket full of Post-It notes, a half a dozen thoughts scribbled onto the back of your business...
Flashback Friday: Why Comfort Will Kill the Weekend
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! I’ve both experienced and heard of a whole library of guest horror...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the bold print to read the entire...
Plan the Work. Work the Plan.
I’m smack-dab in the middle of an intense season. Events and projects and meetings and tasks are piling up higher and faster than pumpkin spice products on aisle twelve of Kroger. Yesterday I bounced from one...
Always On
If you work with people on the weekend, you’re always on. Our guests are always arriving, and you have to be ready for their arrival. You have to be prepared to offer help. You have to have...
No More Ghost Towns
Imagine for a moment that you serve on the guest service team at your church. You show up faithfully each week. You attend your Sunday School class, and the moment class is over you start...
