Excerpt from Chapter 5: Step 1 Values “Kent, what would you say are the guiding principles of your church … the core values that influence decision making?” Without hesitation he blurted out, “How much something costs.” He blushed as if he’d said something inappropriate. “Well, it seems money is always a concern, but I’m not […]

Excerpt from Chapter 3: Do We Need a Better Mousetrap? The Lethal Mousetrap There are two kinds of mousetraps that church leaders tend to use when faced with a mischief of mice. The first is the lethal kind. The bait is a listening ear and the spring-loaded deadly part is the dream killer. Dream killers […]

Excerpt from Chapter 2 In most churches you’ll find three kinds of mice that create problems for cats (the church members) and cat herders (the church leaders). The first kind of mouse is a rodent that can be eradicated by adopting a church cat of the feline variety from your local animal shelter or else […]