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...
Category: Learning Curve
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...
Explain the Why
You’ve undoubtedly heard the story of the husband and the ham. It’s a must-do illustration for all pastors. So much so, that all Southern Baptist seminaries require graduates to sign a contract stipulating that they...
Rewind: It’s Your Move
I’m enjoying some long-awaited downtime with my family this week. The following post originally appeared on May 3, 2010. Sunday was a day of interesting conversations. (The following have been dramatically enhanced to protect the...
Nobody Brags About Being Mary
I have a love / hate relationship with Luke 10. If you know the latter part of that chapter, then you’re familiar with the story of Mary and Martha, two sisters who counted Jesus as...
Flashback Friday: How to Complain
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! The note landed on my desk several weeks ago. It came to me...
The Sure and Steadfast Anchor of Our Soul
I don’t know about you, but I tend to think of the stuff of life as weights. Job pressures. Anxiety. Family pressures. Temptations. Exterior expectations both reasonable and unreasonable. Regrets. Lofty goals. Financial needs. An...
