Impulsive Joy

Do you ever wonder where your life is going?  Will the sum of your days create something meaningful? I’ve never had a “life plan”.  Some people grow up knowing exactly who they want to be or what they want to do.  Not me…. my strategy was more of a trial and error approach to life. [...]

Have you ever thought about how everything has a expiration date?  We update our homes, our cars, our appliances, our gadgets…even our wardrobe!  (Well, most of us update our wardrobe….others just hold onto it all until the style comes back around.) The bottom line…..We change.  We adapt. This year, our school district adopted a BYOT [...]

As a leader, you need to have a plan of action with an end in mind. You need a vision of an ultimate destination to where you are leading others. It is only in that crystal clear strategy that you will begin to filter out things that are not a part of getting there.

My family is navigating the roller coaster many know as “Middle School” for the first time in  our parenting career.  We now have multiple teachers and a myriad of due dates, test dates and every other date one would want to add  to the calendar.  Our heads are swimming. Most teachers have a class website [...]

The vicious cycle of “plugging holes” can leave any passionate leader feeling drained and, well, hopeless. Without a solution, you run the risk of burning out the few faithful you have. Perhaps you have even fallen victim to structuring your ministry to expect the bare minimum of your volunteers in hopes of gaining greater appeal…only to be shocked when still no one will join you in the mission.

You’re not alone. Many have traveled that path before you. And here’s the reality:

Until you start honoring your volunteers with as much passion as you have for teaching children, things will never change. You will be forever stuck in the desert of “cold calls”.