It’s Alive! It’s Spectacular! It’s…
…Christmas at the Summit!* More on that in a minute. First, let me give you some lead in: December 2001. A young seminary student and his family are invited to a Christmas event by the...
Category: First Impressions
A Safe Place for Non-Huggers
As the resident guest-services guy, one of my built in filters is watching for uncomfortable guest moments. Every church has them. Maybe it’s the Stick A Name Tag On The Guest But Nobody Else moment...
Just Four More Weeks…
I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve pre-ordered a book, and I’d still have five fingers left over. (In case you’re wondering: no, I’m not a genetically altered six-fingered mutant.) Editor’s...
Starbucks Church?
This video appeared earlier this week in the comments section of Wednesday’s post. Special thanks to my friend Zack for tipping me off to it and the guys who produced it. Check out their new...
Hannibal Would Be Proud
It’s time to make a pop-culture reference to one of the greatest shows of that decade: The A-Team. At the end of every episode, Hannibal would pull out a cigar, light it up, and say those...
It’s Biblical to Scoot Your Booty
Many of us who grew up in church are familiar with Worshipper’s Territorial Rights. In my church, people’s pew occupation skills were so honed that I could have gone blind, walked into the auditorium, and...
Sunday Super Heroes
Every Sunday, the Summit Church plays host to hundreds of super heroes. These people don’t wear a cape or leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they’re every bit heroic when it comes to...
Exceed the Expectation (part two)
[Catch up on Part 1] There’s a room in our office complex that has a perpetual supply of week-old Bojangles biscuits and sometimes smells like clam chowder. We affectionately refer to that room as the...
Exceed the Expectation (part one)
A couple of weeks ago my family and I met a great guy while we were out celebrating my wife’s birthday. As our conversation progressed, the topic of “what do you do” came up. I...
What Does Your Posture Reveal?
I have pretty horrendous posture. Most of my day is spent sitting in my office, because I believe firmly in violating the first principle of being a pastor: “You Should Spend Time With Your People.”...
