Staff Evaluation time

My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday.


My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday.

This evening I went on a date. Erika (my wife) had other plans so I asked her if I could ask another woman. She agreed. My companion was beautiful and charming. We talked about her best friend, dating, and our favorite foods. And before I knew it I told her I loved her. Maybe it’s…
Tonight, I received my first real haircut in 7 years. It was genuinely fun; nothing like my junior high nightmare. Back then I went to my dad’s “one-cut-wonder” barber–a little, bald, Italian man whose most interesting barbershop feature was the stack of black combs that he kept in a questionable blue liquid stationed on the…
Today’s verses are packed with ideas and commands that are highly applicable to people in our culture. I’ve heard that divorce rates are no different in the Christian community than they are in society at large. Additionally, sexuality is the hottest commodity on today’s market. The message is everywhere: old or young, if you’re not…

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Why do we invest so much time and energy on attracting people to Sunday morning church? Didn’t Jesus say “Go and make disciples….” rather than come to a religious service. I don’t really remember him advertising the local Sabbath service at the synagogue with cool newspaper ads and funny dramas. When I think about the…

Church conflict. It’s something every pastor and congregational leader experiences and should know how to handle. Unfortunately, most church authorities avoid or ignore it. During leadership transitions conflict surfaces. Sometimes it’s subtle; other times it’s explosive. It can happen in an all-of-a-sudden explosion; or it can ooze out slowly after years of bubbling beneath the…