The Dreaded “DTR” – Volunteers

Whether you’re volunteering for a professional society like ASTD or a church, you’ve got to know ahead of time what you’re committing to, you’ve got to have a DTR (define the relationship) talk. Are you going steady (are you completely dedicated and volunteering for one organization), or do you have to split your time [...]

Winds of Change

I’m/We’re in the middle of some major transitions that will dramatically increase the number of posts to the blog:
1. With the beginning of 2009, I’m taking up a brand new position on the board of the local chapter of the American Society of Training and Development. For some of my readers from church, I’m [...]

TRANSFER!!!

GREAT news!!! I found out on Tuesday that I got my internal transfer. It should take place in early January. The functions of my job will be changing from the focus on developing materials to leading small teams of developers with only small amounts of training material development myself.
It looks like travel [...]

Thanks

I’d like to take a second to say “thanks” to all of our Veterans – especially my great-granfather, Abe Wunsh. Granpa (that’s how you say it in the North) Abe passed about 4 year ago, but not before he shared some stories from serving in WWII. Here are a few highlights:
He got shot [...]

Titles

Thanks Fred, for your comment on my last post – it raised another thought inside of me.
I started on staff at a church when I was 19, and make no mistake – I wanted to be called “Pastor.” I think I lusted for titles more than anything else in the world. If I [...]

Stimulus Check

Chelsea and I have talked for months about the stimulus checks. It seems like “dirty money” to us. Our government doesn’t have a couple hundred billion dollars to shell out – they’re in debt. We should be receiving the deposit sometime this week into our checking account (b/c of our social security [...]

The Journey Continues…

It’s been a good week. I miss my wife like crazy, but I pick her up in 4 hours – WOOHOO!
I got a phone call from Pastor Danny this weekend and he invited me to visit the ARC (Association of Related Churches) conference with some other guys from Oasis. Good times! We [...]

Thanks, Bryan

This is by no means a good-bye, but just a moment to say “thanks” to a good friend of ours. Despite the craziness of the past 6 months, we wouldn’t trade a minute of this journey to Nashvegas. I think Chel and I look at each other 4 or 5 times a week [...]

Personal Mission

I’m working to really define on paper what my goals are and what my mission is. Where there is no vision, the people will perish. I always want to see churches and people find their purpose, but I would never write down my own. As I’ve been working to form this over [...]

My Journey Into OD

Set up coffee today with the leader from our local chapter of American Society for Trainers and Developers (ASTD, I know, it’s terrible to use STD in the name of a professional society) SIG (Special Interest Group) on OD (Organizational Development). The more I talk with OD professionals, the more I have to recognize [...]