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...
Tonight was our annual Christmas open house for our church leadership. I'd write more but I'm so tired after cleaning up the final things before bed, and then getting something out for dinner tomorrow night and prepping it. (I'm always so tired on Mondays after work and if I fail to plan I plan to fail regarding dinner...) We had tray after tray of delicious food, and great conversation especially out by our new outdoor fireplace. Everyone ended up congregating out there at the end, around the fire and we talked for a long time. David and Gayle stayed longest and I just enjoyed sitting in my rocking chair by the fire talking to them. It's time for sleep...and it's so welcome right now. G'night!