Tag Archives: Coaching Champions

How Isaiah 1:17 gets Manhandled by the Professionalization of Christianity

What’s on my mind more and more these days is how the professionalization of Christianity–that is, our propensity to believe that we are doing what God requires when we provide financial support to paid professionals to undertake the acts commended … Continue reading

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The Glaring Omission in the Empty Tomb Stats: the Church/Nonprofit Complex

(Be sure to catch up on these stats before you read the rest of this post, as otherwise this post won’t make a whole lot of sense.) In his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the “conjunction … Continue reading

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Real Food Does NOT Come in a Box, and Neither Do Real Donors

The best insight I’ve ever received into major donor development and the coaching of champions came from my wife, Hyun Sook. “Food,” she opined, “does not come in a box.” We were not at that moment talking about major donor … Continue reading

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