Category: Learning Curve

Look Out For The Loom List

Most of us have a to-do list. We write down the things we need to accomplish, and then we set about the process of crossing them off. (Or if you’re psychotic like me, you do...

Good Friday? Great Friday.

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! See Christ on the cross?  That’s a gossiper hanging there.  See Jesus?  Embezzler....

See It Before You See It

If you can’t define the problem, you don’t have one yet. If you can’t imagine the potential for a solution, you may not be able to lead the way. If you can’t ask good diagnostic...

Flashback Friday: Why We Need Passion Week

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Christians are funny creatures. We embrace tradition and eschew tradition. We point to...

A Lot of People

According to the polls, a lot of people like Donald Trump. You’ve heard of him, right? Real estate mogul. Reality TV star. Hair icon. Trump’s rise in popularity has single-handedly managed to bewilder the free...

Flashback Friday: Do For One

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you!   Last night in our super-awesome small group, we were going through part...

Announcing the Connections Workshop: Guest Services

UPDATE (March 15): the April 22 event is now at capacity, but we’ve added another event on June 17. Sign up for email updates, or keep an eye on the blog / Twitter for the...

Beware the Emotional Postmortem

We’re just coming out of a two day conference our church hosted for almost 200 pastors. That conference was immediately followed by an all-church event that brought a couple thousand people together to talk about...

Don’t Waste Your Guinea Pig

In 1940, an Australian pathologist named Howard Florey conducted a clinical trial to examine the effect of penicillin on mice. He injected eight mice with deadly bacteria, and followed up with a penicillin treatment on...

Let it Breathe

At my core, I naturally drift to being a micromanager. I like to know that systems systematize and structures keep their structure. While systems and structures aren’t inherently evil, I recognize the dangers of holding...

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