I AM
This weekend our pastor preached a barn-burner as we wrapped up a five week series called The Name. (No seriously: he lit a match, dropped it in a bale of hay, and whoosh: Mrs. O’Leary’s cow...
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Flashback Friday: Parenting 101
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! When you have four kids, people wrongly assume that you’re a parenting...
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 bold print to read the entire...
Feeling Warm?
I recently made an observation about an employee of one of our local coffee shops. This is a store where I’m somewhat of a regular. (Well, regular enough that I recognize certain employees and feel...
Get the Story.
I spent part of the weekend devouring Bob Thomas’ Walt Disney: An American Original. One, because I’m a certified nerd, and two, because my friend Bob Adams – a Disneyphile in the truest sense – told me it was...
Say It? Do it.
Sometimes church people have the best intentions and the worst follow through: “I’m sure we can help you with that.” “I’ll get back to you later this week.” “I’ll have ____ follow up.” “No...
Flashback Friday: See Them First
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! “They’ll see you before you see them.” That’s what my friend Summer...
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 bold print to read the entire...
Baby Steps
Perhaps the greatest movie of the summer of 1991 was What About Bob, the story of a neurotic (played by Bill Murray) and his psychotherapist (Richard Dreyfuss). Maybe one of the reasons I love it is because...
What Helps Them?
One of our rules of thumb for our First Impressions team is Be proactive, not reactive. In short, that means that we never want a guest to feel the need to ask a question, find...
