by admin | Mar 14, 2018 | Creative, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
One of the hardest transitions I have had to make in my professional life, and leadership development is the transition from being a doer to a leader, from being a creator into a creative lead. It’s not easy. Moving from being the person who “does” to the person who...
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 | Feb 6, 2018 | Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
It takes intentionality to live in our sweet spots. Organizations, teams, job or whatever is not created to set us up to be our best, they are set up to achieve an objective. That’s the nature of a position. So we have to be intentional to be our creative best by...
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...