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The Art of Demotivation (It’s a gift!)

Every leader needs help demotivating their employees or volunteers. If you are struggling with highly motivated, initiative saturated, creative and energetic employees or volunteers who define responsibility with their dedication and punctuality, have no fear, Despair.com is here to help. I would highly recommend this website to anyone in leadership. It is time those under you appreciated just how important you are, and just how replaceable they are. Below are samples of the posters and products available on the Despair.com website, and I ESPECIALLY RECOMMEND you watch their DEMOTIVATOR VIDEOS. (You can even subscribe to their podcast) I have always loved this website, the videos make it all the more richer! ENJOY: and there are many more where these came from! Seriously, spend some time clicking around Despair.com, it is hysterical. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be demotivated. Happy to make your day!

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DON’T FORGET TO SPRING BACK TONIGHT

Just wanted to do a little public service to the thousands on my blog subscription list and the millions more who read it by RSS feed: TONIGHT is the night to set your clock BACK one hour. If you ever get confused, just remember this handy little saying: When you trip you FALL FORWARD and when you are surprised you SPRING BACK. That will help you always remember which way to move your clock. Enjoy that extra hour of sleep tonight!! Karl

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This Old Church – Part 4: ICE AGE 2

All done for the week….. and exhausted. Spring Break is over. Though, I’m not sure there was a whole lot of ‘break’ in it, but we did take time this evening for a much needed break and went and saw ICE AGE 2! Kelly, our preschool director at her post! My sister Melissa came to paint today… along with Tricia… and Parker. had lunch with a movie star! (among others) and then it was off to see ICE AGE 2. ICE AGE (1) is my favorite animated movie so I have been very much looking forward to ICE AGE 2… I’ve seen the trailor a zillion times. While I’m disappointed that there was at least one profanity that I caught and a little bit tacky humor about a donkey’s other name… overall it was fun, hysterical even. Of course, my favorite scenes are ANY scenes with Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel with nothing but bad luck in his quest for the elusive acorn. They are so well done and never fail to cause a laugh! You just love to feel this guy’s pain as he keeps tryin’ for that acorn! Parents will want to correct a few minor things, but in…

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Signs of Spring…

Figures… plan a project to be indoor all day all week, and the weather will be beautiful! There are lots of signs of Spring…. like graffiti! Yes, I came outside in the dark after painting all day and found my car had been vandalized by the youth of the church. Though, you can’t really complain about having “I love Pastor Karl” spralled across your window! Another view of the artwork… Not visible in the glare is an Apple Mac apple. :-) That’s right! It’s a PK Cruiser! (not pt) So it was off to the car wash to get my car all cleaned at my local BP gas station. I was curious if the auto car wash could get the lettering off… It tried really hard, but I still had to hand wash the windows afterward. This was cool, you could read the “PK Cruiser” in the rear view mirror. It is, of course, reversed on the back window reading from the inside, but reversed again when read in the mirror, so what you are actually seeing is double-reversed. I know, I am easily amused! Back to “Signs of Spring.” On my drive in this morning, I had to stop…

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This Old Church – Part 3: No Going Back Now!

Well, there is no going back now! The walls have been touched with paint, something they have been needing for a very long time. Now that I see how much it improves the atmosphere, even in the earlier stages, I am feeling bad that I didn’t start this sooner! We are actually doing TWO major projects at the same time, but all in the hallways. The preschool wing is getting a blue base color, but will be mostly covered with murals as we create a Spring garden that is inviting to preschoolers. (Especially in winter!) The blue that remains after the murals will be the sky. The difference is amazing! The current paint job on the walls and doors in the children’s ministry wing hasn’t been touched up in at least eight years (when I started working here) and was actually kinda gross in many places if you bothered to look closely. Amazing how blind we become when a place we love becomes ‘home.’ Hopefully, our new look will make it more inviting for others to make this their church home. Kelly green? (Our preschool director, Kelly, dressed to match the project!) The door and window frames are being done…

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