Green Eyeshades and Rose-colored Glasses

(From Alban Institute) Congregational budget-makers frequently divide into two camps that approach the task in different ways...There is nothing wrong with it, so long as people see themselves as members of one team and value one another's contributions. But too often, the division becomes rigid--one group always thinks of ways to spend more money; the other always says we can't afford it.
Read the article by Dan Hotchkiss here.