FI Fridays: Before the First Impression
An open letter to an anonymous caller: Dear Ma’am: I’m sorry I don’t know your name. When you called our offices last week, you told one of our administrative assistants that you wanted to remain...
Category: Outta Here
I Gambled Away My Missions Offering
That’s right, true story. You heard it here first on Connective Tissue. This is the first time I’ve confessed this to more than a few people, but it’s time to come clean. I took the...
Science & Faith: Can They Co-Exist?
In case you’re new to the Summit or you’re an outside observer whose sum total knowledge of this church is due to my blog (sorry about that), you should know that we have some kick-tail,...
Get Lanny on Leno!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Friday programming to bring you the social experiment of the decade. And by “decade,” I mean today. Or right at this very moment. Whatever. This is not the social experiment...
Nothing To Say
Although some would argue that even when I say something, I’m not saying anything, this “nothing to say” stems from a great quote I read a couple of weeks ago from Mother Teresa: “People may not...
Intentional Relationships
Earlier this morning I caught up with one of our church planters who is currently stateside. I always enjoy getting time with this particular planter, and this morning was especially valuable as we talked through...
But Still, I Love Technology…
In a recent post I was probably a bit too harsh on some of the new social media. But in reality, I am amazed at what our e-mails and Twitters and interwebs will allow us...
Greece Dispatch, Part 3
Whoever came up with the idiotic phrase, “The longest journey begins with a single step” obviously never tried to leave Greece. Many of you know that I was scheduled to preach at the Brier Creek...
Greece Dispatch, Part 2
I feel compelled to begin this post with the following facts related to my most recent missionary journeys: June 2007: I spent ten days in Central Asia in a hotel with no working air conditioning. Our...
Greece Dispatch, Part 1
So about this time last year, Pastor J.D. was invited to speak at a gathering of church planters from all over Europe. Being the kind soul he is (and willing to pick up on some...
