by admin | Feb 16, 2018 | burnout, Church, Creative, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
No matter who you are or how great of a leader you may be, there are seasons in your life and ministry where you will flirt with burnout. Over the course of years of working in the church, I have experienced symptoms and seasons of burnout. Painfully, I have even...
by admin | Feb 12, 2018 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Graphic Design, Leadership
Easter is in 48 days (as of Mon, FEB 12)! Now that you have picked yourself up off of the floor, are you ready? We all live in the tension of series planning, special events, and the need to get things done. Sometimes, even significant weekends that have been on the...
by admin | Feb 9, 2018 | Church, Creative, Creative Team, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
There are few things in the world more fragile than the psyche of people. Fragility is not isolated to the artist; everyone – at some time or another – has battled doubt, the feeling of inadequacy, and the fear of not being accepted or doing a good enough job. As...
by admin | Nov 30, 2017 | Church, Creative Team, Leadership
Several years ago I kept hearing a haunting conversation happening in the halls and in meetings. “I wish I could prioritize being creative.” “I don’t have time to invest in my own creativity.” “If only we could prioritize being creative.” Basically, our team had...
by admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Church, Leadership
It hurts when people leave. It’s been said that people don’t quit organizations, they quit people. There are a million reasons why, over time, we can lose talented volunteers or staff members. Sometimes it’s circumstantial. Other times, it’s just a natural pattern of...
by admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Church, Leadership
Asking questions is vital to a team’s success. Knowing when to ask them is an art. We have all been in those brainstorming meetings where we are trying our best to be brave and share an idea we know is only half baked but we think that if we can just get it out it...