the Monday Morning Debrief: Fixing Missed Opportunities

I’m a huge Penn State Football fan.  Say what you will about the scandal that happened there and I will most likely agree with everything as I feel so bad for those boys and what they went through.  But that doesn’t change the way I feel about their football program (sorry if you have a problem with that).

But, despite all that has happened, I still root like crazy for them each Saturday.  Well this past Saturday they were playing UVA and were in a tough battle, but it was a battle they should have won easily.  The problem was that they lost…by 1 point…with their field goal kicker missing 4 field goals and 1 extra point!  Just the extra point alone would have been enough to get them to Overtime where they might have a chance but the 4 missed field goals were devastating and costed them the game.

Now Penn State starts the season 0-2 and has to go to work and fix this part of the team so they don’t have missed opportunities like this one on Saturday.

So how does this apply to ministry?

What missed opportunities from this past week do you need to fix?  Programmatically, what did you miss this past week that needs to be adjusted so you don’t miss them again this coming week?  Relationally, what missed opportunity did you have that you need to go back to fix or repair so that relationship doesn’t get tarnished.

As Clay Matthews said after the Packer’s loss to the 49ers yesterday, “It’s only week 1”. It’s not too late in the year to make the necessary adjustments so that those missed opportunities turn out to be positive learning experiences that propel you and your program to new nights.  But, it’s key to first identify those misses.  So right now, TAKE A MINUTE and think through those missed opportunities for this past week and examine what you need to do to make changes.

If we are able to identify the missed opportunities and make the proper changes it can make a huge difference between having a successful year and a really bad year.

Thoughts? Comments?  Experiences?  Post a comment and share so that we can all learn and benefit from each other.