The Hidden Danger of a Friendly Church
A few weeks ago, a local charter school used our facility for their high school graduation. 51 seniors and their families filled our parking lot and crammed into our auditorium. I was the on-site staff...
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Top Ten Quotes: On Writing
I first read Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft almost eight years ago. It was an odd choice for me, seeing as I’d never read an actual book by the famed writer...
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Planning Your Budget? Plan Your Training.
Research shows that over 40% of churches kick off their fiscal year during the summer or early fall, which means that right now a lot of you are in budget planning crunch season. You’re mapping...
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How to Restock Your Team’s Supplies
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Large Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the larger congregation: those with an average attendance of 800 or more. While any church...
The Hidden Danger of a Friendly Church
A few weeks ago, a local charter school used our facility for their high school graduation. 51 seniors and their families filled our parking lot and crammed into our auditorium. I was the on-site staff...
Top Ten Quotes: On Writing
I first read Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft almost eight years ago. It was an odd choice for me, seeing as I’d never read an actual book by the famed writer...
Planning Your Budget? Plan Your Training.
Research shows that over 40% of churches kick off their fiscal year during the summer or early fall, which means that right now a lot of you are in budget planning crunch season. You’re mapping...
How to Restock Your Team’s Supplies
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Large Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the larger congregation: those with an average attendance of 800 or more. While any church...
Watch Out for Summer Exposure
Memorial Day has passed, school is out, graduations have wrapped, and we’ve officially hit summer vacation season. For those of us in church world, we’re in the months where the pace is slower*, weekend attendance...
We (Truly) Send Our Best
Some personal news today. Since 2002, our family has been part of a church with missions at its core. In the earliest days of our arrival, we heard of families relocating to unreached places, small...
Flip the Script on Volunteer Scheduling
For some, this post is going to be a popular as barbecue at a bar mitzvah. As natural as cowboy boots at a ballet recital. Or as comfortable as a porcupine pillow. In other words,...
2026 Summer Reading List: Mine
Earlier this week we kicked off Book Nerd Christmas: that time when the literary lovers start the summer by peering into each others beach book bag. In that post, I gave you ten titles that...
2026 Summer Reading List: Yours
This week officially marks the beginning of Book Nerd Christmas: that time when the literary lovers among us kick off the summer reading season by peering into each others beach book bag. (You don’t have...
2026 One-Day Workshops | October 6-8
Most churches and church leaders don’t struggle due to a lack of vision. They struggle because systems and culture drift apart. They’re friendly, but not always intentional. They see first-time guests, but too few return...
