Monthly Archive: February 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 bold print to read the entire...

First Time Guest Bags: An Intro

Why a First Time Guest bag?   For several years now we’ve handed out a small gift bag to all of our first-time guests (FTGs). There are three reasons behind that: It’s a simple way...

Announcing the Connections Workshop: Guest Services

UPDATE (March 15): the April 22 event is now at capacity, but we’ve added another event on June 17. Sign up for email updates, or keep an eye on the blog / Twitter for the...

2015: A Look Back

This weekend in our services at the Summit, we took some time to celebrate what God did last year. To be honest, I view a video like the one below and it’s hard to wrap...

Flashback Friday: Nobody Cares About Your Rules

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! I have a theory about Church People. I’m allowed to have theories about...

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 bold print to read the entire...

Beware the Emotional Postmortem

We’re just coming out of a two day conference our church hosted for almost 200 pastors. That conference was immediately followed by an all-church event that brought a couple thousand people together to talk about...

Don’t Waste Your Guinea Pig

In 1940, an Australian pathologist named Howard Florey conducted a clinical trial to examine the effect of penicillin on mice. He injected eight mice with deadly bacteria, and followed up with a penicillin treatment on...

Letting Your Rep Take The Rap

I’m not saying it was one of my prouder moments. I recently opened the email that heralded the arrival of my monthly cable bill. One glance told me that something was fishy in the state...

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