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Leadership Coach & Consultant. Author of The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership. Always tea/never coffee, passionate about leading well.
By way of comparison, When we lived in TN our property taxes for a house valued as the same as our house in WI were approximately $3,000/year compared to the $12,000 we pay here. We had great schools for a fraction of the cost to us in taxes – and that’s before the addition of the referendum that will increase my property taxes by nearly $1,000/year. “We will continue to spend approximately $2.1 million of our budget on capital improvements above and beyond the referendum amount. $2.1 million of a $90 million budget is only 2.3% and the response suggests that this 2.3% is an improvement over previous years!
Easter weekend included additional services, increased attendance, extra events, more production – every aspect of ministry was in overdrive for the biggest weekend of the church calendar. Share stories that you heard about the person who came to church for the first time ever, the family that attended church together, the person who gave their life to Christ, etc. // You and your team made dozens, possibly hundreds of new connections this weekend with first-time guests and casual attendees. Don’t let the Easter hangover cause you to miss the restoring work that could happen today… and tomorrow… and next Sunday…
Success is harder than it’s ever been and actually easier than it’s ever been. It’s for this reason that I think success may be more difficult to achieve than ever before. In every case, after a few days of thorough evaluation and strategic discussions I lead them back to a simple phrase and two key ingredients that I’m convinced lead to long-term success. For most of our work, success is just on the other side of clear and consistent commitment to the simple steps of our plans.
Currently I’m reading Eugene Peterson’s book A Long Obedience in the Same Direction and this quote captured a thought I’m grappling with: Every day I put love on the line. And yet I decide, every day, to set aside what I can do best and attempt what I do very clumsily – open myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding in pride. That last line wrecks me – daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding in pride. Leaders, I believe this tide in culture would shift if we would go first in choosing to lead like this.