When it Comes to Your Volunteers, Assume the Best
As far as coaching moments go, it wasn’t my best day. I was hanging out on a Sunday morning close to the main entrance of the building, observing our first time guest process. You know, the...
Category: Learning Curve
Flashback Friday: What’s Your Capacity?
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Yesterday in our monthly staff meeting, we talked about burnout. Yes, burnout....
Follow the Leader?
I was a trendsetter last week and didn’t even mean to be. Our neighborhood has recycling pickup. And because we live in the Triangle, we recycle. Because in the Triangle, recycling is right up there...
I AM
This weekend our pastor preached a barn-burner as we wrapped up a five week series called The Name. (No seriously: he lit a match, dropped it in a bale of hay, and whoosh: Mrs. O’Leary’s cow...
Flashback Friday: All Things to All People?
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 Apostle Paul was rather infamous for opening up a can o’...
Microwave Leaders
If you’ve read virtually any marriage book published since 1982, you’re familiar with the personality traits known as microwaves and crock pots. Personally, I’ve always thought my personality was more like a grilled-cheese-created-by-an-iron-in-a-dorm-room, but maybe that’s more about...
Flashback Friday: Let Your Leaders Be Shepherds
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! It seems simple enough: when you give someone a leadership role, you...
Be Observant
Recently I was on a flight from Atlanta to San Antonio. It was a typical travel leg: crowded plane, too-small seat, frustrated passengers ready to get to their destination. In many ways, it was completely normal. Until...
Trust the Process
Over the last few weeks our church has sent off a few hundred kids to summer camp. With a separate high school, middle school, and elementary school camp, and separate designated departure days for each, our...
Flashback Friday: Cruise Ship or Battleship?
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 week our family took our first cruise. Merriem’s mom & dad...
