Creepy Church
The people at Kensington Church get it. Church shouldn’t be creepy. It shouldn’t be a place where the unchurched crowd’s worst fears come true: I’ll be stared at. I’ll be judged. No one will talk...
Author: Danny
A Quarter Century of Chris
This month marks a big milestone around the Summit Church. Our long time worship pastor Chris Gaynor is celebrating 25 years of ministry. 25 years. Here at the Summit. If you’re not familiar with pastoral...
Lost in Translation
Something tells me that if I ever gained an audience with an internationally-known figure, I’d try something like this. And also fail miserably. Now if he really wanted to get the laughs going, he should’ve...
Awkward
I love leaders who get it. Who understand the win. Who realize that the role of our weekend First Impressions team isn’t just to pour coffee or park cars, but to pave the way for...
Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 2
If you missed the beginning of this saga, you’ll want to start here. So there we were, fleeing for our lives in Wallace, NC, miles away from the world’s largest frying pan that we could’ve...
Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 1
My family doesn’t enjoy doing things the easy way. This weekend I officiated a wedding in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Merriem and I decided to make a semi-weekend out of it and loaded the kids up...
What’s Your Tricky Tile?
I’ve been working on a theory for the last several years. I have absolutely no way to substantiate it, so it makes perfect sense that I’d put it out on a blog for all the...
2011 Summer Reading List: Mine
I have a confession to make: I’m a book hoarder. I’m not necessarily my-own-show-on-TLC level. Nope, I don’t have a strategically mapped path in between piles of Piper and Packer. There are no mountains of...
2011 Summer Reading List: Yours
Oprah has left the building. Oh, I know. She’s coming back. The Great One will soon reincarnate on her own OWN station and be more incredibly enlightening than ever before. But for now, she hasn’t...
PK 2k11
In case you haven’t done the math, my kids are preacher’s kids, sometimes referred to in the churchiverse as “PKs.” They get top billing anytime I preach (whether the illustrations are true or not), they...
