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 i...
"After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you! Yes, you are our pride and joy." I Thessalonians 2:19-20 The above scripture is the one I closed out our 2011 Life Coaching retreat with this past weekend. I shared with the women that after my natural children, they -- my spiritual children, ARE my pride and joy. Larry and I take very seriously the call to be the father and mother of a church. When our spiritual children grow, there is NO greater joy. We can't take the "stuff" (the material things) of this life with us -- when we get to heaven it will be people around the throne of God with us who are our treasure. After telling the ladies this, I got the idea of doing a blog series where I would introduce some of them and give them opportunity to share their personal stories. The first person I'd like to feature here on the Prid...