Refusing to View Challenges as Sacrifices
I recently pointed to insights from Dan Chambliss about the relationship between excellence and loving the hard work associated with improving one’s craft or discipline—that those who become excellent don’t view the necessary work as a sacrifice. They don’t think in those terms because they love the work, the mission, and what they get to […]
The Blessing of Constraints
In the spring of 2019, I shared with the shepherding elders of our church that we were going to be launching one new congregation a year for the next five years. Our directional elders were already on board, we had resources set aside for the first launch, and we were in the process of building […]
Church Finances 101
We are in budgeting season at LifeWay for our next fiscal year, which begins in October. This is my first time going through the budgeting process at LifeWay. And while there are more zeros involved, I am finding many of the same principles I learned in church ministry to be true in this environment. I […]