Every once and a while a new technology comes along a really makes life a whole lot easier.  Something I discovered several years ago was Planning Center Online.  If you haven’t used this online service yet you really need to check it out.  All in one program you can lay out your services, have a library for all of your charts and MP-3s as well as a data base of all your teams.  One of the things that...

I’ve been reminded in my own ministry and with people I talk with that sometimes meetings can go terribly wrong and you or the people you are collaborating with can leave very disappointed, confused or even frustrated. I’ve noticed that the more clear I am in laying out my expectations in meetings I lead the better the outcome can be. It’s like the few times when I’ve gone to Disneyland with a large...

Years ago on a ski trip I accidently took the wrong trail and found myself at the top of a triple diamond run.  Standing at the top of what seemed like the peek of death I wondered how in the heck I was going to make it downs such a steep run.  As I was standing there contemplating my death a young boy probably 8 years old said “you’ve just got to do it!”  Needless to say that wasn’t what I wanted...