Every January I share the annual blog survey: a set of questions that help drive and shape content for the following year. This year I’ve narrowed the list down to just five super-simple questions: four...
For the last year or so, our team has been asking a lot of questions about a lot of things. Some of those are borne out of scale: as our church grows, how do we...
It’s a brand-new trip around the sun. And if you’re like me, you enjoy a new page on the calendar, a blank sheet of paper, a mile-marker opportunity to hit the reset button on a...
It’s that time of year again, when you can barely open social media without being assaulted by every wanna-be’s top ten list. Because I fancy myself a wanna-be wanna-be (that’s an entirely different level of...
The final week of the year has become home for a few honored traditions: the relative calm after the crazy of Christmas. The anticipation of the year ahead. Cherished moments with family. Top ten lists...
(If you’re an email subscriber or RSS feed reader and can’t see this year’s Christmas card, click here.) As we land the plane on this year, I want to sincerely thank you for being a...
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...
When it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I am what you would call a late bloomer. While I watched several of the early movies: Captain America, Thor, etc., the MCU never really clicked for...
One of the most surprisingly-good books I read this year was The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Like many of my favorite authors, Daniel Coyle has the ability to weave deep research...
Sometimes it helps to break out of your context and get into another one…to capture some “we can do that!” moments by observing other teams doing it. That’s the gist of our Guest Services Weekenders:...
