We’re down to a few weeks! The New Year is around the corner and, unfortunately, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas distract us. After the flurry of work, or even during it, you need to focus on 2017. It’s going to be your best church communication year ever! Here are 7 tips to becoming ready...
You can have it good, fast, or easy. But you can only pick two. We’ve seen this statement. We chuckle over it and nod in agreement. But ministry staff doesn’t seem to get it. I talk to Church Communicators regularly and they often have complaints like “I’d love to do more to communicate the...
I use an app called "Things" to keep the list of tasks I must do. As I read an email or think of something randomly; I can quickly add it to my list with a few keystrokes. Due dates? No problem. The app does a great job reminding me each day of...
What did you do yesterday? Can you remember the details? What about last week? Our memories blur the farther we get from them. When my Dad died 4 yrs ago, I remembered many details. His voice, laugh, and manner. And as years separate me from the details, there's a standout memory that Dad continually...
This week we're moving PinPoint. Just across town, but it seems huge for us. After months of planning and dreaming, it's all coming together. This move is going to be so good for us, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that we don't let things fall through the cracks. We've sold excess stuff. It's...
This week I bought a shed. And learned a great sales plan in the process. I've been needing extra storage space and I've been considering buying a shed kit from Lowes. It sounded like a fun family project to work on. Plus the kids could learn how to put an outdoor structure together. They...
This weekend, my wife and I decided to paint our master bedroom. We've renovated every other upstairs room in our house, so it was time to finish ours. We asked (told) our kids to help so we could do it all in a weekend. Saturday morning we woke the kids (they love to...
Well, we found a new house. My wife and I talked about what we were looking for and we found almost everything that we discussed. Near the best high school in our area. Near our incredible church. A workshop. Four Bedrooms. More space to entertain the kid's friends as they start to...
