by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
For too long in my life I put aside praising God out loud, offering spiritual lessons as they came to mind, and putting my faith into words for others to hear. These things were never gone from who I am, but inadvertently placed on the back burner. My husband is a...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
We can have an excellent mission and a well thought-out strategy, but if we don’t execute that strategy, we are no further ahead. The execution, the actual carrying out, of your mission can be a grind. I remember mine often was. My plan was neat and tidy, but there...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
If you have taken the time to create a mission statement, congratulations! Knowing where you’re headed is half the battle! Now it’s time to strategize. I feel like I should use the analogy of a target with bows and arrows and quivers and things, but since I have...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
The day I brought our children home from school to homeschool them was not the day we decided on a mission or planned a strategy! Beyond the, “I know I should homeschool our children,” and now starting to teach them to read, I did not know what I was doing! The...
by Patti Wright | 30 Things I've Learned
Thirty years ago I found myself on my knees beside my side of the bed pleading for God’s direction. I had no idea how soon he would lead our family into a new 30-year journey. Our children were ages 5, 4, 1-½, and newborn. My husband had just taken a traveling job...