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What To Do First to Make a Profit

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...

The past

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Delightful weekend so far

Yesterday was "fun Friday" here at our house. It's our day off, sleep in, and well...have fun! After some typical Deanna/Larry fun I worked out for an hour (finally got myself in gear again) and then came home to get things in order to have our friends, Jim and Janice (who just moved here) over for dinner. It was so good. I still have to pinch myself that they are actually here. We grilled steaks, ate a wonderful dinner, finished it off with fresh strawberries that are now in mass abundance in Florida with strawberry season upon us...dipped in dark chocolate. Mmmm...glad I worked out. We talked late into the night sitting by the fire on our patio. It was a perfect time. I love them so much. I'm so glad they are here. It means more to me than anyone will ever know. Brings a comfort to my soul that I can't describe. Maddie had her next series of shots yesterday. Even still she remained the playful pup that she is...bounding in after me during every waking moment of ...

You learn something new everyday...

Here's something I couldn't believe until I saw it in TIME magazine, which is a pretty reputable news source. What is the fact I didn't realize? President Obama carries the idol of a Hindu god in his pocket at all times for good luck. In addition to clicking the link in the sentence above you can also read about it here and here , among many other places if you just Google. Wow.

Lord, help us

"Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality." ~ Winston Churchill

Ten questions I have...

1) How am I going to choose between Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey? (I can't. I just can't. Please don't make me. I will call two phone numbers, that's just all there is to it.) 2) Why do some people believe that going a few trillion dollars in debt is going to help set us financially back on track? 3) Did you ever wonder too why some people lie over the dumbest things? I mean things that aren't even that serious or consequential. They just lie, to lie. Always amazes me. 4) Why do so many people lose their entire life as they know it for the momentary pleasure of a moral failure? I still can't understand it. So not worth it. Really, no matter how good "it" was, it wasn't that good. 5) Why can't cabbage be 2,000 calories a bite and chocolate be 2? 6) Why do people keep watching The View at all? (Oh yeah, Elisabeth) 7) Why do some women like it when their husband or significant other says, "Who's your Daddy?" Doesn't that sound in...

5 quirky facts

1) I love looking at new nail polish colors - particularly the OPI colors. Right now Savanna and I are both wearing Gargantuan Green Grape , shown here in photo. 2) I never met a potato chip I didn't like. Well, almost never. 3) I take a bath more days of the week than a shower. I love my tub and the more challenging I think my day is going to be, the more I'm apt to start out in there than in the shower. It makes at least a little difference when I start my day off with Bath and Body Works Moonlight path, and soak a few minutes in the quietness of morning before my crazy day starts. 4) I love singing trio and quartet music. 5) Some of my best friends are so identical to me it's scary and some are so opposite of me that it's a bit strange that we can be such good friends.

Attention all those trying to navigate the waters of marriage and ministry...

My dear friend, Pastor Lisa Alexander has written a book which is being released March 16! I encourage you to take advantage of this great resource. Following is the press release concerning her book, "Marriage and Ministry." The continued number of high-profile divorce cases among Christian leaders continues to chip away at the fabric of the church. Author, wife and co-pastor Lisa N. Alexander in her debut ebook, Marriage and Ministry: Successfully Working Marriage, Family and Ministry Together serves as a go-to guide for couples who serve in ministry. She shares God's ideal plan for sustaining both the marriage and the ministry and shares practical truths learned over 20 years of marriage. Leadership coach and minister Karen M. Pina of GOD's Coach says, “This literary piece . . . teaches how to have a marriage, family, and ministry that glorifies God and brings understanding to the purpose of marriage.” This book also “. . .corrects marriages that are out of orde...