2023 Year in Review: Posts
The final week of the year has become home for a few honored traditions: the relative calm after the crazy of Christmas. The anticipation of the year ahead. Cherished moments with family. Top ten lists from mediocre bloggers.
(Well, three out of four ain’t bad.)
Here are – in no particular order – some of the most read and / or personal favorite posts from the last twelve months. If you haven’t read ’em, they’re brand new to you!
(And stick around: on Thursday I’ll roll out the top ten books I read this year.)
10. How to Map Your Parking Lot, part 1: Creating Zones
We started the year with a nerdy series, deep-diving into the church parking lot. You can see the entire series here.
9. How Smaller Churches Struggle with Hospitality
…and speaking of series, we just wrapped up our year-long small church series, designed for those with congregations of 150 or less.
8. Three Things I’ve Learned By Tracking Work Hours
A post about working hard to work towards the Sabbath. (Ironic, ain’t it?)
7. FTG? Meet GPT.
The annual April Fools’ post got a little help from our robot overlords.
6. What is Your Hospitality Reflex?
Are we the kind of people who see, notice, and respond?
5. Multi-Site: 5 Benefits of an Incubator Service
A huge piece of the puzzle that needs to fit into your launch strategy.
4. Left Hands, Right Hands, and the Brain in Between
On rental cars, camels, and clarity in the midst of confusion.
3. Hospitality is More Than a Team
A post meant to move us from “this is what we do” to “this is who we are.”
2. Gaps vs. Overlaps
Every once in a while, I write a post simply for my personal benefit. This was one standout example from 2023.
1. Remembering My Dad
On June 2, I lost the greatest man I’ve ever known. This was a feeble tribute to a father who always pointed me to the Father.
