Here is a fun experiment for churches, run all Sunday morning services without bulletins, note sheets, check-in stations, WiFi, or online giving. You can imagine the results without sabotaging your church with this experiment - chaos would reign. It would not provide the ideal environment or …

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Maybe it is just me, but I feel a lot of pressure when building the church budget each year. Churches, like all non-profits, depend primarily on donations to carry out their mission. Every dollar must be accounted for and utilized to the fullest. And that is exactly what a budget does; it brings …

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As an Executive Pastor with over 15 years of experience creating church budgets, I know determining compensation can be controversial, confusing, and contentious. Issues arise like how much of the overall budget should go to compensation. Or understanding what a housing allowance is. Even deciding …

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Imagine that it's that time of the year when crafting the budget is in full swing. The financial team completed creating the budget target and provided the last 6-month's expenses to all team leaders for reference. During the vision casting meetings, everyone seemed excited and on the same page. …

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When it comes to indoor plants, it seems that I have a brown thumb. I'm not proud of this, but every single plant in my office has died. The poor things never make it more than six months. When I moved into my new office, a coworker helped me and purchased a fiddle-leaf fig plant. It looked so good …

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Completing primary and secondary school typically takes 12 years to complete. Depending on the type of degree a student is working toward, it can take anywhere from 2 to 8 years, possibly more. The typical gestation period for a human is 280 days. And, it takes about 15-17 minutes to bake chocolate …

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