In Solemn Stillness Lay
A couple of weeks ago Merriem and I were sitting in the living room, each on a laptop. She was reading me something off of Facebook, and I was eyeball deep in a spreadsheet I...
Author: Danny
Thursday Three For All: Thanksgiving Edition
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. And since it’s Thanksgiving Thursday, here are a few especially turkey-centric posts. (And yes, I recognize the...
Christmas at DPAC 2014
Yes, I know, we’re still two days shy of Thanksgiving and I’m talking Christmas, but as that great theologian Taylor Swift says, haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate. I’m pretty excited about our third...
Announcing the Connections Confab
UPDATE: the 2015 spring Confab is now full. If you’d like to be the first to know about upcoming Confab dates, let me know. Connections Confab 2015 is coming. Should you apply? Read on… Imagine an...
Flashback Friday: Making the Most of Every Opportunity
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! …the end goal of a weekend First Impressions team ought to beconnecting people...
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...
Interview Your Volunteers
On this morning’s commute, I was tuned in to a station where the hosts were talking about one question in Bed Bath & Beyond’s hiring process: “If you were a breakfast cereal, what kind would you be, and...
Is Your Church Ready for Mr. Freeze?
Nope, not the current atmospheric stuff we’re dealing with – the Polar Vortex that’s turning your greeting team into a bunch of volunteersicles. (Although, if you want to talk about how to keep ’em warm, may...
Want to Connect? Serve!
Fewer things bring me more joy than to hear a volunteer talk about the community they’ve found by serving. This weekend our media team highlighted the story of Eileen, a friend I’ve known since first...
Flashback Friday: So Logical, It’s Scary
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! My second born Austin has always been the sweetly-oblivious, doesn’t-always-mean-to-be-funny one in...
