Before beginning my full-time ministry career, I spent over 11 years working as a tech support supervisor and software developer in the IT department for a leading golf manufacturer. I am forever thankful for the fantastic people I worked with who taught me how to lead people and projects and …
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A Case for Sick Time Over Personal Time Off (PTO)
I can see the eye rolls and hear the comments through the internet; another boomer has a controversial opinion about employee benefits in today's dynamic and diverse work environment - just stay in your lane, church budget guy. Fair enough, but hear me out because I've been around long enough to …
Church Benefits: Selecting the Best Time Off Plan
One of the most stressful times at work is the week before I go on vacation. It's not because I think I'm so important that the organization cannot go on without me; I just don't want to burden others to handle my stuff. Like so many other organizations, our church trimmed its staff to create …
Church Benefits: Paid Time Off (Part I)
There's a short window between jobs that feels amazing. There is something so liberating about leaving all the worries and stress of the old place behind and the bliss of believing that the next chapter will bring only joy and happiness. I distinctly remember that feeling when I left the corporate …
Church Budgeting and the Christmas Bonus
One of the subplots of the Holiday classic movie Christmas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase, is Clark Griswald waiting for his Christmas bonus. Since a Christmas bonus was something that he had received every year, he assumed this year would be the same and put a deposit down on a swimming pool. …
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze to Change a Church Budget
As a software developer for an industry-leading golf manufacturer, I worked on many interesting projects. It did not matter the amount of planning involved before starting the project or the size or scope of the project. At some point, change and enhancement requests came. The changes ranged from …