How Can I Be More Productive?
It Starts with Not Giving Up A goal is the result or achievement of something to which effort is directed. It is the outcome that is wanted. It may be a one and done result, or it may be a series of successes leading to a larger goal. Most of us have a picture in […]
What We Do Matters
Take a Step: Grow in Presence As Christians, we’re called to be Christ’s representatives. This includes: Last week’s focus was prayer and putting on the armor of God and how that can help us as we go through the difficult struggles of this world. Praying can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. The […]
How Am I Doing On My Goals?
Achieving Goals Doesn’t Happen by Chance It’s already October, which means we’re already three-quarters of the way through 2025. This weekend, I’ll be reviewing my quarterly goals. This is part of my regular planning routine. We’ve all set goals and then not achieved them. It’s frustrating and can often lead us to feel it’s easier […]
Putting On the Armor of God
How Does Prayer Fit into This? There are bad things out there in the world. This is evident with all the evil things that happen. This evil is nothing new. It’s been happening since the beginning. Consider what Cain did to Abel. Once sin entered the garden we live in a messed-up world. It would […]
Progress Payments in Construction Can Be Hard to Ask For
So, How Should You Do It? It can be hard to go to ask a construction customer for a progress payment. Part of the problem is that there are too many stories of construction customers being asked for money before the work is done and then the contractor doesn’t come back for an extended period. […]
What Are You Looking For (REALLY)?
This is an Important Question This past Sunday was Women’s Sunday at church and the women in our church lead the service. Charlotte Yinakopolis-Veatch gave the message. Charlotte said that when she was asked her initial response was, “No, not me, I’m not qualified. I’ve made mistakes and not done everything right. My life has […]
Don’t Make Things More Complicated Than They Need to Be
The Simple Thing We Did That Turned Our Finances Around Last week, I discussed the question: How Do We Know What to Do? This came up while we were struggling with building a new business coaching and consulting website. I shared how I’ve been working on building the coaching and consulting business over the past […]
We All Need a Good Cleaning
The Hope for Messy People The past several weeks we’ve been discussing the messy Corinthians and Paul pointing out their messiness. They had all kinds of disagreements about which spiritual gifts were more important, family disputes, church leadership, etc. Paul pointed out to them that they needed to clean up their messes. We are still […]
How Do We Know What to Do?
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If We Could Tell the Future? We’ve been working on a new website for our coaching and consulting business. This whole coaching and consulting thing is different than construction. I’m struggling to know what exactly it should include and how to say it clearly. I want this website to explain how […]
The Greatest of These is Love
Now If We Were Just Better At It As we continue through 1 Corinthians this week, Pastor Lisa’s message was about love from Chapter 13, Verses 1-13. She shared that in the English language we use the word love to mean multiple different things. We love our spouse, we love our families, we love our […]