Plan the Work. Work the Plan.
I’m smack-dab in the middle of an intense season. Events and projects and meetings and tasks are piling up higher and faster than pumpkin spice products on aisle twelve of Kroger. Yesterday I bounced from one...
Author: Danny
Always On
If you work with people on the weekend, you’re always on. Our guests are always arriving, and you have to be ready for their arrival. You have to be prepared to offer help. You have to have...
No More Ghost Towns
Imagine for a moment that you serve on the guest service team at your church. You show up faithfully each week. You attend your Sunday School class, and the moment class is over you start...
Flashback Friday: The Bus is Coming
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 wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t have two dozen witnesses. I...
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...
For Them
Churches are notorious for building the kingdom. That seems like a good thing, until you realize that it’s not the kingdom with a capital “K” that the Bible talks about. Rather, it’s our own corporate...
The Accidentally Illuminating Theology of Lumiere
A couple of mornings a week I take my daughter to kindergarten. We talk about lots of important stuff along the way: what snack is in her lunchbox. What snack might be in her lunchbox...
“Please” is Never Enough.
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! If you’re a pastor, no doubt you say “please” a lot. “Would...
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...
How Deep Does Your Trust Go?
In a recent post, I talked about our staff’s desire to assume the best: that the people around us are smart and have good intentions. And that’s an outstanding mantra…one that belongs on one of...
