This is an article I recently published with Lifeway Research. You can see the original post here. All of us love a good “count me in” story: those accounts—either wholly historical or mostly anecdotal—that capture...
Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will...
Recently I took a five hour road trip. You should know that I drive a thirteen year old car with nearly 170,000 miles on it. My teenage car can do five hour road trips, but...
If you’ve been around for a while, you know the drill: when Jason Young writes a book, I buy it. He’s an endless fount of wisdom in my life, and even though his books now...
Every church leader worth their salt knows about the Christmas and Easter peak crowds: those couple of times per year when the sanctuary is full and resources are stretched to their limits (but don’t call...
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Small Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the smaller congregation: those with 150 or fewer people in attendance each week. See the...
Behold Harvey Ball, the man who invented the iconic smiley face: In 1963, ol’ Harv was commissioned by an insurance company to create an icon to boost the morale of its employees. He cranked out...
If you’ve never been a part of our (FREE!) Guest Services Weekender, you still have two more chances this calendar year: Why choose a Weekender? And one last good reason to choose a Weekender this...
Leaders of volunteers are a hardy bunch: they have to possess the perfect mix of visionary, recruiter, trainer, coach, administrator, encourager…sometimes it feels like we hold every role from chief cook to bottle washer. And...
Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will...
