2017 Year In Review: Posts
It’s been quite a year, campers. For the first time since I started occupying this little corner of the internet in 2008, I’ve managed to put up a post every single weekday this year. Every. Single....
Author: Danny
2017 Year In Review: Books
According to a friend in an email he sent me last night, “every leader and their cousin is posting the ‘best books I read this year.’” Well Julie*, get ready, because we have some reading to...
Christmas at DPAC: It’s Not For Us
(This is a modified version of a post that originally appeared on December 9, 2014.) We’re neck-deep in last-minute planning for one of the largest events we do all year. Christmas at DPAC takes months of...
Flashback Friday: Sad Christmas Carols
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Over on my alternate world known as The Twitter, it’s been a...
Thursday Three For All: One Question, Someday Syndrome, and Elf Interrogation
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
Calvary Christian Church (Omaha, Nebraska)
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...
Top Ten Quotes: Servanthood as Worship
Church volunteer culture runs the gamut from inspirational to infuriating. If you lead volunteers, maybe you know what I mean. Inspirational, because watching a volunteer use their gifts is one of the most awe-inspiring things to see...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Guest Services
We know that it’s easy for culture to leak. It’s easy for our vision to lose it’s stickiness. If we’re going to continually transfer DNA to our staff and volunteers, we must continually come up...
Flashback Friday: Our Annual Jam
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! As a blogger, I feel like I have one primary responsibility to...
Thursday Three For All: Holiday Hospitality, Compel Them To Come In, And Violin-Playing Truck
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
