Monthly Archive: August 2016

Thursday Three For All

It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...

Expertise Beats Exasperation

In the eastern North Carolina community of Elizabethtown, there’s a storefront restaurant called Melvin’s Hamburgers. It’s a classic hole in the wall joint, a place you normally wouldn’t stop unless you knew the treasures that awaited you inside....

Flashback Friday: Think Small

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Sometimes, we think too big: Big plans. Big dreams. Big ideas. We whip...

Thursday Three For All

It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...

Preparing for the Onslaught

An earlier version of this post originally appeared on August 20, 2012.   The end of summer is nigh. If you are like most churches, you are only a few short weekends away from the fall...

Can Non-Members / Non-Believers Serve in the Church?

An earlier version of this post originally appeared on June 19, 2013. When it comes to the question of volunteers, I think we’d all agree that you can never have too many. For most of...

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