Deferred maintenance is a term that gets thrown around a lot and yet I find many people have no real idea what it means. Let’s start with a definition: Deferred maintenance is the practice of postponing maintenance activities such as repairs on both real property and personal property ... Read More »
Prudent vs. Cheap
“It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot … it can’t be done. When you deal with the lowest bidder, it is wise to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay ... Read More »
The Great Eclipse of Ongoing Costs
As many of you know, I come from a background of planning and building ministry facilities. I have been blessed to invest over 30 years of my life in serving churches to develop new and renovated ministry facilities. That phase of my life brought me great joy and fulfillment. But now I am very ... Read More »
Churches, Facilities, and Resources…Oh MY!
The other day I was contacted by a man from a church who was working with a committee he had established to help his church understand the importance of taking care of and planning for the inevitable future costs related to their church facilities. He had downloaded one of our eBooks (Church ... Read More »
The Bar Has Been Raised!
I love the new television commercials for the Ford F-150 that ends with: It Doesn’t Raise the Bar, It is the Bar. The obvious connotation is that Ford is not raising the bar…but they ARE the bar that everyone else chases and tries to obtain. I love that. Now, let me be clear, I am not a Ford ... Read More »
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