Building a Better Business Isn’t Easy, But It’s Worth It
Now, Where Do We Go From Here? Grab a cup of coffee and let’s find out. Another week has passed since the last Builders Coffee. Several members of the group are already there before 10:00 this morning—Gene, David, Larry, Steve, Craig, and Bill from last week. They have their coffees and pastries and are already […]
I Came to Call Sinners
This Includes All of Us Over the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing Jesus’ disciples. In the first week, we looked at Peter, Andrew, James, John. Last week, we talked about Philip, Nathanael, Thomas and Judas (not Iscariot). We looked at how the people being called were ordinary people with flaws. This week is no […]
Wouldn’t You Like to Know How to Build a Better Business?
Let’s Share Some Thoughts on This Over a Cup of Coffee It’s been a week since Gene, David, Larry, and Mike shared their struggles over a cup of coffee. It’s a few minutes before 10:00 on Saturday morning, and David is already sitting at a table when Gene walks into the coffee shop. Gene goes […]
You Will See Greater Things Than This
It’s Good to Ask Questions Have you ever been in a class and not understood what was being taught, but were afraid to ask a question for fear of looking dumb? Then, somebody else asks the exact question you were thinking. I think most of us have been in that situation at some time or […]
Are You Having Second Thoughts About Being in Business?
Let’s Talk About It Over a Cup of Coffee It’s been a few weeks since Gene finally got his IRS payments set up. Normally, he’d be working today. God knows there’s plenty of construction projects and paperwork that need done, but Gene’s exhausted. Instead, it’s 9:00 on a Saturday morning, and he’s sitting in a […]
Who Was Called to Be Disciples?
We Are All Called to This Our church is a rural church, which means people have to travel to get there. Due to the weather this past week, it was decided that we wouldn’t have a service. Instead, Pastor Lisa shared a short video message about the disciples. Over the past couple of weeks, she […]
I Need More Help, I Can’t Do Everything
I Think a Production Coordinator Is a Good Next Step I’ve written multiple times about the need to delegate and how much I struggle with it. I also know I can’t do everything myself, especially if I want to continue growing the coaching and consulting side of the business. This reality really hit me last […]
We Can All Get Better at Fishing
It Just Takes Time and Practice Fishing can be a slow and tedious process. You can spend hours baiting, casting, reeling, and repeating. You can move to different spots and try again, maybe with better results, maybe not. Some things come more naturally to certain people. I was never great at fishing. I think part […]
Firefighting Is Not a Good Way to Prioritize
Try To Minimize the Hot Fires I’ve been really busy over the past several weeks with holidays, getting the Planning Journal for Builders published, and preparing for the BUILD Day workshop that was yesterday. The workshop went well, and I will share more about that later. But for now, I needed to get a blog […]
Life Is Like a Trial
Look At the Lamb of God Evidence and witnesses are important to the outcome of trials. They help confirm what happened. The more evidence there is, the more it confirms that something happened. This is true in our spiritual life as well. It can be hard to believe in things we haven’t seen, or in […]