Slowly but surely, our world is showing signs of reopening after the initial wave of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Across the country, various governors are giving the all-clear for churches to begin to meet again...
As this post goes live on April 30, 2020, we are almost seven weeks into the closure of Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida due to COVID-19. At the time of...
Recently I teamed up with my friends Mark Waltz, Jason Young, and Greg Atkinson for a panel discussion about how to lead our volunteers and honor our guests when the church isn’t gathering physically....
We’re getting there, kids. We are in no way out of the woods yet, but we’re beginning to see glimpses of what looks like life returning to normal. We’re hearing stirrings of businesses reopening...
We’re just emerging from Easter 2020 where 99.9% of us had no public gatherings. And let’s get the Thank-You-Captain-Obvious statement out of the way: having services sequestered to an online-only environment is far from...
Let’s start with the hopefully-obvious point: yesterday was April 1. April Fool’s Day. If you read the rare Wednesday post and thought our brand-new Quaranteenies™ idea was stupid, I have good news and bad...
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. We are living in unprecedented times. Charting unnavigated...
As the global pandemic continues and tighter restrictions are being enacted, many of us just completed the second weekend of online services. I found a certain sense of togetherness when I saw people sharing...
As you read this, I will officially be on day four of what is – for now – the new normal. A week ago today, our staff team was told that our offices would...
We are in the middle of unprecedented times. And maybe the use of the word middle is a bit premature. As the world reacts to COVID-19, we really don’t know the kind of timeline...
