Enrichment Journal: Improving the Part of Your Ministry You Cannot See or Hear

In your ministry, you know when you sound good, look good, and produce good results. You can consult a mirror, watch a DVD, or scan attendance and financial records. You know the in-your-face facts do not lie. But there is another part of your ministry that may remain ethereal and elusive.

In business, we call it the corporate culture or the buzz. In education they refer to it as the learning environment. And in the church, this sightless commodity has no name. We just know when it is present, and especially when it is noticeably absent.

I call it the Palpable Positive Presence (PPP). Read more