Muddy Shoes by Todd

Category: Leadership

  • Volleyball for Life

    I went to Appomattox High yesterday to cheer on the Raiders Girls’ Volleyball team as they compete in the post season tournament. They had an undefeated season and it was impressive to watch these players work as a single unit to overcome the strong challenge by Altavista High. The Raiders lost the first game, won…

  • First Impressions … only happen once

    What grabs someone’s attention? There are many ways to look at this question. Are we talking about dating? Would it be looks, demeanor, the clothes they wear, hair style, aroma, job, or a hundred other outward qualities? In this swipe left or right world, one has but a few seconds to plant that first impression…

  • Tribalism, part 2

    So we are in a volatile world. Duhh. So we are divided and fragmented. Duhh. So we have anger that is escalating and some are calling for utter annihilation of “the enemy” (whomever that is today). How did we get here? And more importantly, how do we get out of this “here”? We discussed the…

  • Great Humility & Greater Hope. #SBC18

    And that’s a wrap. Another convention and all the meetings that go with it, are over. The final gavel has sounded, the exhibition hall is being broken down, final orders of brisket are being placed, bags are being packed, and one final visit to Babes is planned. Next stop for many, DFW to head home.…

  • Church’s Future – An Insight by Rainer

    I love reading blogs – all type of blogs. I stay up on twitter and find so many nuggets of great information that it often is overwhelming. There are devotional blogs like David Jeremiah or James MacDonald. There are leadership articles (a lot of great leads on LinkedIn) like David Cathy and John Maxwell –…

  • #SBCAM18 and #SBC18

    #SBCAM18 and #SBC18

    I registered for the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting 2018 today. Not as a messenger, those spots were spoken for. But I now am an invited guest of the pastor of my home church in Virginia – thank you Friendship. I am not sure how many sessions of the Pastor’s Conference and the Annual Meeting…

  • My Motivation – The Bottom Line

    My Motivation – The Bottom Line

    One last day on motivation. Yet there is so much to say. So let me share from a thesis written at Liberty University on the ‘Biblical Use of Rewards as a Motivation for Christian Service.” (See full thesis here) Having worked in church for quite a while now, I have often heard of the 20-80%…

  • Motivation – Needs from Lower to Higher

    Motivation – Needs from Lower to Higher

    When Calvin was in first grade, his teacher had a practice to motivate her students by a chart with every students name on it – stars were given and each kid was excited to see their progress. But she also had a bulletin board with an apple tree and each kid had their name on…

  • Motivation – One Size Does Not Fit All

    Motivation – One Size Does Not Fit All

    I am not sure where I heard this, but when looking at the way a child obeys/respects their parent you can see a progression of motivation. As a mere child, the child is basically motivated out of ignorance – he does not know there is any other way so he responds (as much as he…

  • Motivate Me – What’s It Going to Take?

    Motivate Me – What’s It Going to Take?

    Fran Tarkenton – ‘People don’t change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.’ Motivation – Last week, we looked at the fact people are being watched. The discussion was based on a work situation of a potential secret evaluator coming to the hotel property. They never came. But something interesting…