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Does A Church Congregation Need a Report Card?

Does A Church Congregation Need a Report Card?

Your grade six daughter has started at a new school this year. As report card time approaches you are looking forward to seeing how well she has adjusted. The email arrives with the promised report attached. The document reports on the educational degrees of the...
It’s Not About Board Priorities

It’s Not About Board Priorities

Your legal counsel has challenged you with the question: Has your board identified its priorities? Do you know what these priorities are?  Your board has a huge responsibility. How is a board member supposed to keep track of everything that goes on within an...
Fishtailing is for Losers

Fishtailing is for Losers

It was just prior to the energy crisis of the 1970’s when cars were cars. I was waiting at the bus stop which was located about 100 yards past the intersection where three cars waited for the light to turn green. One was a Dodge Six Pack, the second was a Shelby...
If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going…

If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going…

One of my favorite pieces of literature is Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. At one point in the story, Alice has an exchange with the Cheshire Cat that goes like this: Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Cheshire Cat: “That...