We had an all-staff meeting at NewSpring this past week. Perry gave me permission to pass along these notes. Here are the seven questions he challenged all of the staff to ask ourselves:

  1. Am I living above reproach? (II Timothy 2:20-21)
  2. Is this job my passion or my paycheck? (II Samuel 23:9-10)
  3. Am I in line with where we are going as a church? (Perry said, “I’m not going to pastor a church that I can’t stand going to.”)
  4. Do I feel like I deserve more? (You shouldn’t.)
  5. Am I reflecting on how things used to be or passionate about how things are going to be?
  6. Do I feel like I have to “kill time” because there is “nothing to do?” (There’s always something to do when you’re in the “people business.”)
  7. Do I fully trust the leadership? (I Thes. 5:12-13)

Good stuff there. If you haven’t asked yourself these same questions, it may be time to. And, I think it would be wise to challenge the rest of your teams with these questions as well.