The Freezer Meal (Mini) Project – Step 1: Picking Your Meal
***Give Away Alert! I will be giving away three copies of my freezer cooking cookbooks The Frozen Gourmet Just leave a comment on the blog sometime this week and I will pick three winners – the more comments, the more chances to win!*** I have been posting my progress...
Hump Day Give-Away and Stickiness
Two of the FAB speakers from the WCA Leadership Summit were Chip and Dan Heath, authors of one of the best books I have read in years: Made to Stick – Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die The book focuses on how to make sure that the ideas that you are trying to...
The Best Things I Heard at the WCA Leadership Summit Part 2 – Dealing with Difficult People
The title for this session was Hiring, Firing and Board Meltdowns which, I will be honest, didn't really appeal to me. I do have an Advisory Board, (for more on how I use an advisory board in my speaking and writing ministry, download my article,) but I don't hire or...
The Best Things I Heard at the WCA Leadership Conference – Bill Hybles
Every year, my church is one of the satellite locations for the Willow Creek Association Leadership Conference. This conference is broadcasted to locations all over the world, and for many leaders in the Bay Area, Church on The Hill is where they land to participate...
GROI Project #20 Death to the Paperclip
Tomorrow I am going to the Willow Creek Leadership Summit (our church is a satellite host,) which I have done for the past four years. This conference always leaves me so energized and motivate – that is until I get home and have to shovel out my desk to get anything...
Very Exciting News
OK – I will be sharing this with the rest of the world later today, but I wanted my BBFF (Best Bloggy Friends Forever)to know first. I have just signed two new book contracts with Harvest House Publishers. (Yes, I continue to do the happy dance every time I think of...
GROI Project #19 and I Have the Most Stuff Getting Rid of Inspirational Readers
One More Pass it Along I was so inspired by your stories of things that you passed along that, in case you don't read comments on the blog, I wanted to post them here so that you can get your inspiration on and pass along one more thing that someone you love could...
Please be the Wind Beneath My Wings GROI Project #18
Get Rid of It Project #18 OK – it is a 21 item project today. You can do it! I want you to go through your house and get rid of 21 things that you no longer love. I was looking at my red hutch (which looks so cool in my golden yellow kitchen,) and realized that it has...
Get Rid of It Project #17 or Trusting God and the Case of the Mysterious Boomerang Basket-And a Great Giveaway
Get Rid of It Project #17 or Trusting God and the Case of the Mysterious Boomerang Basket-And a Great Giveaway Today's Get Rid of It Project: Get rid of something you could possibly one day use, or has some value, but you know would bless someone else. Several years...