2008 Wrap-Up: Danny’s Book Club
I long for the day when I can Oprahfy the literary world. I love to read, and I love to recommend my favorite reads to other people. Oh sure, some people read a lot more...
Category: Learning Curve
The Five Stages of Sermon Prep
As we say in the preaching world, Sunday is in the can. Okay, so I’ve really never heard anyone say that in the preaching world. Heck, I don’t even have a travel visa to...
The Yo Yo Needs the String
On Sunday the Summit hosted Ed Stetzer as guest speaker in our services. Ed is internationally recognized as the sultan of stats, the guru of growth, the pied piper of planting churches. Whenever Ed speaks,...
Proverbial Hilarity
My twelve year old and I were having a conversation a few weeks ago about his daily devotionals. This is a habit he started a few months back, and this proud dad has been very...
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...
Pastoral Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia
We’ve all been there. At some point in your life – likely sometime this past summer – you were stricken with a dreaded case of sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. That’s right…brain freeze. Brain freeze happens when we...
I Don’t Need This in My Life
If you were to ask my bride to think back to our dating and early marriage days and highlight a particular pet peeve, she can name it without thinking. Actually, pet peeve is not the...
The Power of More
Today I should probably write about something funny. For example, I could tell you about a doctor’s visit a couple of weeks ago where I was told that I had warts somewhat odd skin abnormalities...
This Saturday: ESP @ the MIS
Over the past few years, one of the favorite things my wife and I have had the opportunity to do is to minister to young couples…mostly of the engaged variety, but also a few that...
Summer Church Tour ’08
I’ve laced up my asbestos suit and waded back into the firestorm I’ve created by daring to mock North Carolina pork products. Two things are very obvious from the last post: You tarheels are passionate...
