Why We Do Christmas at DPAC
From 2012-2018, our church spent each Christmas Eve (and the days leading up to it) celebrating Christmas at DPAC. This year, we’re heading back, so I thought it might be appropriate to pull this post...
Category: Outta Here
Easter at Walnut Creek: a Look Back
All of our lives are marked by watershed moments: those days, seasons, or seconds that serve as a crystal-clear marker of God’s faithfulness. Easter at Walnut Creek was one of those moments for me. From...
Easter at Walnut Creek: What to Expect
This Sunday, our church will gather in one spot at one time for the first time in almost nine years. To say we’re excited is a crazy understatement. It’s been a dead sprint for the...
Something BIG is Coming This Easter!
Before you read the following post, take note that the original publication date was April 1. April. First. April Fools Day. Thank you. And carry on. By now, you’ve almost certainly heard of the Summit’s...
Flashback Friday: Practical Ways to Prep for Easter
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Like death, taxes, and Donald Trump, Easter is a reality. The good...
Christmas at DPAC: Day One
The Lord is good, my friends. Yesterday kicked off the first two of five Christmas services at the Durham Performing Arts Center. If you keep up with eastern seaboard weather trivia (and who doesn’t?), you...
Christmas at DPAC: A Few Ways To Pray
This post originally appeared on December 22, 2015. As this post goes live on Tuesday morning, a small battalion of volunteers will be gathering at the Durham Performing Arts Center. We’ll be unloading trucks,...
Together For Adoption 2015
Next month the church where I serve (The Summit Church) will be hosting Together for Adoption 2015: a like-minded gathering of people with a heart for orphans and an eye towards the fatherless. T4A’s impact...
For Them
Churches are notorious for building the kingdom. That seems like a good thing, until you realize that it’s not the kingdom with a capital “K” that the Bible talks about. Rather, it’s our own corporate...
Gaining By Losing: a Review
My pastor wrote a book. Another one. This makes four, if you’re not counting The Adventures of Tripod the Three-Legged Dog, which was a graphic novel he penned in fourth grade, according to a fact that...
