When Faith Becomes Sight: Noah’s Story
Our Summit family lost a warrior this weekend. Noah Spivey was a seventeen year old who had seen more than his fair share of suffering. For the last four years he’s battled Ewing’s sarcoma, a...
Author: Danny
Flashback Friday: Repackaging Religion
It’s Flashback Friday, kiddies, and around this corner of the webosphere that means that I scour back through the archives, dust off an old post, and repackage it for you. Which, after you read today’s...
Thursday Three For All
Five Facts About Multisite Churches That Should Impact All Churches. (via @RichBirch) None of these findings are particularly surprising, but they’re all a good reminder for all of us. How do our churches measure up on the...
You’re Not “Just a Volunteer.”
For those of us in ministry world, we hear that statement too many times. “I’m just a volunteer.” That statement can mean a lot of things: This job isn’t that big of a deal…I don’t have...
Flashback Friday: Spark of Genius
It’s no secret that humor is kind of a big deal to me. My kids learned early on that if they were in trouble but could make me laugh, their punishment would be 17% less...
Thursday Three For All
At Chick-fil-A, HATCH comes first – even before the chicken or the egg. (via @robertvadams) My friend Bob Adams gives us a behind the scenes tour of Chick-fil-A’s new innovation center. How are you thinking ahead...
Just Listen.
It happened again just a few minutes ago. I was on the phone with a company, trying to get a customer service issue resolved, and I had the sneaky suspicion the service rep wasn’t giving...
Thursday Three For All
Neighbors accuse church of too much joyful noise. (via @latimes) What’s the balance between being a blessing to your community and risking annoyance? Discuss. “Is this a church?” Sidonie Smith said as she stood outside Grant...
10 Ways to Raise the “Guest Awareness Culture” at Your Church
Every church in America has a guest problem. They may have a huge number of guests showing up each week (a great problem). They may not have had any guests in months (an awful problem). But if the “regulars”...
Flashback Friday: It Matters
Every Friday we dive into the Wayback Machine for a little trip down memory lane. If you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you. Not everybody is going to be on stage this weekend. Not...
