You’ll feel 100% better if you whip out your calendar and take thirty minutes (that’s it!) to schedule when you need to get things done for your end-of-the-year mailings.

Bring out the balloons! Have cake and ice cream! Celebrate whenever you can. Life is short. Party on.

All Saints Day “is the chance to remember people who have passed on to glory during the previous year and to recall all the saints who poured their time, talent, and treasure into the place you call your spiritual home.”

“If you’re still of the generation that learned cursive, it may be time to adapt to the next generation who did not. The point of a thank you letter or a note of encouragement is to convey gratitude or empathy. It is not to make a point. Nor is it to force someone to decipher letters that to them just might look like ancient hieroglyphics.”

"Statistics and statistical projections can be depressing. Or…they can be motivating." How will you react? What ever you do, don't put your head in the sand!

When you stop seeing yourself as only “asking for money” and instead see yourself as creating relationship and giving people the opportunity to experience deep joy, We Can’t Do That becomes a statement of the past.

“We make assumptions about people each and every day.  It’s natural. Sometimes it keeps us sane. But because of it, we can lose out on unexpected and wonder-filled miracles that may just blow our minds.”

Your life makes a difference.

I wish the general public’s opinion of the church was better, I really do. Use it as an opportunity to let people know that your “peculiar organization” has value and is a welcome sanctuary for all.

It’s up to you to teach how money can be used for good or for ill. Don’t assume others are doing that for you.