Nobody Cares About Your Church (part two)
In the last post, I opened up a can of community apathy about your church. The average unchurched person doesn’t care how much time you put into the naming of your newest ministry project, or...
In the last post, I opened up a can of community apathy about your church. The average unchurched person doesn’t care how much time you put into the naming of your newest ministry project, or...
Recently I was in a meeting of church leaders from around our state. We were hammering out details for an initiative designed to help churches of all shapes and sizes bring outsiders in and help...
I have no idea who he is, but I see him in North Durham all the time, and I like the way he rolls. Literally. Yep, that’s a surfboard and a Coke cooler permanently attached...
After a brief hiatus, we continue our several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on...
Sunday was a day of interesting conversations. (The following have been dramatically enhanced to protect the innocent.) Conversation #1 was about a ministry that is changing fast…too fast, in my friend’s opinion. Systems are breaking...
Today, the scales have tipped. Today, 2/3 of my children are teenagers. That’s right…the sulking, the mood swings, the slammed doors and screams of “I wish I’d never been BORN!” have begun. And that’s just...
I’m going to go ahead and apologize to Jon Acuff. You may have heard of Jon; he writes a small, struggling blog and matching book called Stuff Christians Like with enough readers to take on...
A few weeks ago the Franks crew made a stop at a Starbucks. I love Starbucks like fundamentalists love denim jumpers. They are all about customizing the experience for the customer and delivering the element...
It’s no secret that if my 12 year old had never been born, the humor content on this blog would drop by roughly 83.2%. His random observations about life prove that he is not like...
Last week the Franks crew got the heck out of Dodge for a little post-Easter relaxation. Our journey took us back to our hometowns in Tennessee and Alabama just to hang out with the...