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Thursday Three For All

It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...

Get Out In Front Of It

The beginning of a new year is a natural time for us to think we’re starting with a clean slate: I’m going to eat better. I’m going to exercise more. I’m going to spend more time...

Have You Totaled Your Ministry Team?

In a recent post I mentioned my beloved thirteen year old Hyundai Sonata and all of her character issues: a door clicker that doesn’t work, floor mats that look like a cat gave birth on ’em, an odometer...

My Takeaways from Connections Confab

Guest post by Charity Milligan, Director of Connections at Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. The Connections Confab was a game changer for me. I’m the Director of Connections at a multi-service, multi-campus church. My...

Merry Christmas From The Franks Family!

Thank you for being a reader in 2016! I’m taking a brief blogging break through the end of the year. See you on the flip side in ’17!

Christmas at DPAC 2016: Day 1

Last night was one for the record books: as far as our last five years at DPAC, it was our second-highest crowd and our largest volunteer team ever assembled. In case you missed it (shame on...

Christmas at DPAC: A Few Ways to Pray

An earlier version of this post originally appeared on December 22, 2015 As this post goes live on Thursday morning, the Durham Performing Arts Center will be noticeably more quiet than yesterday, and decidedly calmer than later...

Top Reads of 2016

Some things are just certain at the end of a calendar year: people are going to attempt to beat tax deadlines, Christmas cards are going to threaten the sanity and backs of postal workers everywhere,...

25 Questions For Mary

Last week I took some time to get re-acquainted with an old favorite. Max Lucado’s God Came Near is – in my opinion – the best of his many writings. It’s also a stellar book to read...

Flashback Friday: Five Ways to (Hopefully) Keep People From Falling Through the Cracks

Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you!   I heard it again last weekend: another story from one of our...

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