Since 2016 we’ve offered an annual slate of One-Day Workshops. Workshops are live interactive events that take a deep dive on one subject. But 2020 brought us social distancing, travel restrictions, merging hurricanes, and murder...
In a recent post we discussed Patrick Lencioni’s challenge that clarity is more important than accuracy. Since that post went live, I heard a complementary quote from Daniel Simmons, a member of our Executive Team:...
2020 has been a terrible year for those of us who get lost in the details. Why? Because we have had very few details. Or way too many details. (It’s definitely one of those two.)...
Recently I talked about pandemic silos: those 2020-era phenomena that are completely natural, absolutely understandable, and potentially unavoidable. (They also must be destroyed.) As our staff team makes the rapid shift to “unpack our bags”...
Last year I was introduced to Hannah Anderson via All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment. I immediately embraced her writing style: lyrical, flowing, something that transports you to a slower pace, and...
Each month, we revisit a series of posts called Guest Services Road Trip. We’ll travel the country from the comforts of our couches, interviewing leaders who are in the trenches of ministry. Do you have an idea for GSRT...
We’re in the dog days of summer here in the western hemisphere. In North Carolina, the average daily temperatures hover in the low 300s and the humidity level is officially classified as “freshly-discarded gym sock.”...
Last week, the directional elders at the church where I serve made the difficult decision to remain online for the remainder of this year. (In full disclosure, I am a part of a small task...
As church leaders begin to re-engage with in-person weekend services, I thought it might be fitting to revisit our Plumb Lines series, specifically applying those steady principles to our current uncertainty. A plumb line is...
As church leaders begin to re-engage with in-person weekend services, I thought it might be fitting to revisit our Plumb Lines series, specifically applying those steady principles to our current uncertainty. A plumb line is...
