How do You Know When You’ve Reached “Rich” Status?
That Depends on What Your Definition of Rich is If we aren’t careful, we can get caught up in chasing the “almighty dollar”. There’s nothing wrong with money as long as it doesn’t become the only thing you’re focused on. We can also go too far the other way and see money as evil. It’s […]
Asking This Question Can Be the One Thing That Leads to Nothing Getting Done
How Do I Know Which Thing, is the Right Thing, to do First? This is the million-dollar question…literally. I think this one question costs us more time and money than any other. Especially as entrepreneurs and business owners. Last week I wrote about the millions of bricks that represent all the small pieces that our […]
What’s Really Happening When Jesus Turned the Water into Wine?
It’s About So Much More Than Just the Wine Most of us are familiar with the start of Jesus’ ministry in John 2:1-11, when He turned the water into wine. Jesus and His mom were at a wedding where they ran out of wine. Jesus’ mom tells Him that, “They have no more wine.” Jesus […]
How Do We Accomplish Big Future Dreams While Living in the Present?
This Huge Gap is What Keeps Most People from Achieving Their Goals Most of us have…or at one time had…some really big dreams of what our lives were going to look like. All the amazing things we were going to do or have. These dreams started when were young and full of excitement and imagination. […]
How Our Actions Show an Outward Expression of What We Believe Internally
You’ve Heard It Said That Actions Speak Louder Than Words Somewhere along the way this saying has begun to be less important than it used to. Too often things are said and then there’s no follow through. I received a text message just this morning from a lady who shared a friend of hers Facebook […]
How Building Your Life is Like a Construction Project
It Has to be Done One Brick at a Time It’s the start of another new year and if you’re like me you want a plan in place for what you’re going to accomplish this year, next year and the next five. I’m naturally a planner, so having a plan gives me a since of […]
The More Important Your Priority, the More You’re Willing to Spend
Being Clear About What’s Most Important Will Show Up in Your Actions Today, January 6th, is the start of Epiphany. The commemoration of the three kings visiting Baby Jesus and giving Him their gifts. Most are familiar with the story in Matthew 2:1-12 of these wise men traveling the long-distance, led by a star and […]
There’s A Lot More to the Day than Just Opening Presents
Just Like That, Christmas is Over…Now What? With every passing year, Christmas seems to come and go faster and faster. It seems like it was just last week that we were celebrating Christmas 2020. It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of the Holidays and lose sight of the “Reason for the season”. […]
As a Construction Company It’s Hard to Make a Profit
We Work Too Hard in the Construction Industry to be Giving Away Money Just like there’s a proper way to do construction projects…the same is true for proposals. You don’t shingle the roof before you pour the foundation or start hanging sheetrock on a wall that hasn’t been framed. There’s a proper way to construct […]
It’s Amazing How Much of an Effect Little Things Can Make
Big Things Can Come in Small Packages When we think God…we think big. He is God after all. The Creator of the universe in all its vastness. In a few days we celebrate His coming into the world. What’s amazing is that He didn’t come big, He came small. He came born a baby to […]