Merry Christmas From The Franks Family!
Thank you for being a reader in 2016! I’m taking a brief blogging break through the end of the year. See you on the flip side in ’17!
Monthly Archive: December 2016
Christmas at DPAC 2016: Day 1
Last night was one for the record books: as far as our last five years at DPAC, it was our second-highest crowd and our largest volunteer team ever assembled. In case you missed it (shame on...
Christmas at DPAC: A Few Ways to Pray
An earlier version of this post originally appeared on December 22, 2015 As this post goes live on Thursday morning, the Durham Performing Arts Center will be noticeably more quiet than yesterday, and decidedly calmer than later...
Top Reads of 2016
Some things are just certain at the end of a calendar year: people are going to attempt to beat tax deadlines, Christmas cards are going to threaten the sanity and backs of postal workers everywhere,...
25 Questions For Mary
Last week I took some time to get re-acquainted with an old favorite. Max Lucado’s God Came Near is – in my opinion – the best of his many writings. It’s also a stellar book to read...
Flashback Friday: Five Ways to (Hopefully) Keep People From Falling Through the Cracks
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 heard it again last weekend: another story from one of our...
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...
Why We Offer a Connections Confab
[This is a modified version of a post that originally appeared on December 2, 2014] A couple of weeks ago I announced the 2017 Connections Confab – a small gathering for guest services / assimilation...
Christmas at DPAC: It’s Not For Us
(This is a modified version of a post that originally appeared on December 9, 2014.) We’re neck-deep in last-minute planning for one of the largest events we do all year. Christmas at DPAC takes months of...
Flashback Friday: Our Annual Jam
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! As a blogger, I feel like I have one primary responsibility to...
