-
5 Things to Remember When Doing Something Creative
Routines are my friend. I work well when I know what is coming up, and work best when it is fairly “normal.” As a preacher, a “normal” schedule is hard to define, but I work very hard to make each day as regular as possible. I just work better that way. I also do not like to step out of my routine very often. I was not blessed with a creativity gene, or at least mine doesn’t display itself very often! While I am involved in several different projects, they are usually things that I already liked before beginning. For example, I started blogging because I liked reading the blogs…
-
So…How Did You Do?
About a year ago, many of us sat down and thought of goals for the coming year. Those resolutions for 2010 were ideas of things we wanted to complete, mature in, quit, save for, of a myriad of other things. We wrote them down (or typed them) and put them in a place where we would see them. And then… January 2nd came. For some goals, they were already shot. Some made it a few weeks. Some never got off the ground. Some were completed. If you wrote down more than 2 or 3, you probably finished a few, didn’t finish a few, altered a few, and never started a…
-
10 Reminders for Congregational Resolutions
Resolutions. Goals. Points of Emphasis. Your congregation does have them, right? Sadly, many congregations do not. I’m thankful that Lebanon Road’s elders do have goals. I can’t share all of them yet, but I can share one. Our elders want to make the goals more well-known! Since many are thinking of personal resolutions, I thought it might be good to share some basic reminders for writing congregational goals. If you haven’t written yours yet, start now! (Who ever said a congregational “year” has to be from January through December, anyway?!) 1. Be specific. “Increase attendance” is not a goal. If you have 100 on the first Sunday in January and…
-
Friday Links Roundup: Two Cool Numbers Edition
I love numbers. Yes, I liked the TV show (Numb3rs) when it first started, but I’m just talking about numbers in general. I’m a sports stat freak, and I like math quite a bit. So, this week’s roundup deals with two numbers that were significant in the last few days. First, the number 27. As a Yankees’ fan, that’s now an “old” number, because the Yankees won their 27th World Series title Wednesday night. When they were 13-14 to start the year, I was actually worried. Then A-Rod came back, and the rest is a 103-win season history! I’ve been a fan of the Yankees since the early 90s, when…
