Author: Joe Passkiewicz

• A Visit From The Mayor

  The man stormed off exclaiming, “You will get a visit from the Mayor and you won’t like it!” Somewhat stunned, our site supervisors wondered what would happen next.  Was the Mayor a big guy who would start a fight?  How did he get the name “The Mayor”?  Did this group really have a Mayor? The […]

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 17, 2012

  Vision

• “Shut Down Your Missions Department!”

  “Shut down your missions department” At a recent conference, a pastor made the above declaration.  A radical statement for sure.  Why would you close this most common department in a church?  Would you then quit funding your missionaries and stop sending mission teams overseas?  Why would you do this? The point that he was trying […]

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 16, 2012

  Belief

  missions

• “I Can’t Afford a Gym Membership…”

  The gym is pretty crowded with New Year’s resolutions and folks “working off” the Holidays.  I know that working out is a commitment and it doesn’t take much to talk yourself out of going or starting an exercise routine.  I did it for years.  I would come home from work exhausted and the last thing on […]

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 10, 2012

  Strategy

  workout

• The Sound of Silence

  Have you ever been somewhere really quiet?  I mean REALLY quiet!  The spot that comes to me is walking through the woods when it’s covered in snow.  No wind, cold, very quiet.  There’s something about the snow that seems to swallow the sound.  If the wind isn’t blowing and you are away from road noise- it is […]

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 9, 2012

  Focus