- Some people will tell you it doesn't matter if you visit certain shut-ins. Watch these people; they will lie about other things as well.
- When you get the call at ten in the morning, and they ask, "Did I wake you pastor?" resist the temptation for a cute remark.
- Don't put people on committees to shut them up--unless it is a committee without real power or function. There should be several of those.
- If you make a pastoral visit and no one is home, leave a card or note. They will appreciate your effort.
- Don't spend more time trying to activate inactive members than you do looking for new members.
- Call ahead on hospital visits because they sometimes discharge surprisingly early.
- Someone will compliment any sermon.
- If you have a staff, let them do their job.
- Most people who get angry at you aren't. They're mad at God and life.
- If you are asked to speak in public outside your church, cut out five to ten minutes of the time you think you should take.
- Don't expect to be treated fairly in the ministry. No one else is.
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