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...
Which kind of person are you? We'll talk about that more in a minute. But first...yesterday was an interesting day for me. I spent most of my day at CTN, the Christian Television Station in Largo, as a guest on Homekeepers, with my friend and host, Arthelene Rippy . She called a few weeks ago and asked if I would come over to be interviewed about my life coaching program for women. We had a delightful time talking about it and she already told me she's having me back on to talk about my new book as soon as it comes out. :) Yay! (Can you tell, practically all I'm thinking about is this book?! I can't say too much right now other than to say some MAJOR steps forward have happened this week.) I struggled yesterday with a mild headache during the interview and by the time it was over and I was going back to the church office I had a full blown migraine. I almost never miss church and last night my husband took my sermon and preached ...