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Over the last few months our family has charged headlong into a series of firsts. Our oldest, Jacob, has naturally been the one to break us in on the first-time parents thing in just about everything...
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Don’t Waste Your Day Job
The chances are good that there are a few pastors sitting down at their desk, sipping a cup of coffee, and spotting this post in their blog feed just before starting work. And that “work”...
Flashback Friday: Stop Discovering Your Spiritual Gift
Maybe you grew up in a church like mine, where your pastor preached a 147 week series a couple of times a year on how to discover your spiritual gift, with an exhaustive explanation on...
Thursday Three For All
Jesus Hates Religion. He Really Does. (via @FoxNews) Boom diggity. Read it. Remember it. I know I need to. I think we as Christians have a reputation as conversation stoppers. When we engage people on the other...
Ten Ways to Keep it Clean
I work in a church office. And if you’ve ever worked in a church office, you know that cleanliness is not always next godliness. Not to be too judgmental, but there are days when “looks...
Your Church Ain’t The DMV
I’m sorry for using such strong language in the title of this post. But sometimes “ain’t” is the only word that will suffice. So I apologize to all of my English teachers from the past,...
Do Something Different
Yesterday was Father’s Day, which means one thing in our family: Ice cream for dinner. Father’s Day Ice Cream Dinner has become somewhat of an annual tradition, because (a) I’m the father and (b) I...
Flashback Friday: Along For The Ride
The first time my wife and I went to a Broadway show, we saw the value of a good usher in action. From the moment we entered the theater, we were literally ushered to our...
Thursday Three For All
Five Spectacular Ways to Create the Worst Customer Experience. (via @jeanniecw) I get it: they’re not customers, they’re guests. But still, how many of these are our churches guilty of? 4. Recruiting the wrong people Your employees play...
Details Matter…Even at the Gas Pump
I snapped this little jewel a few weeks back at the gas station just down the road from my office. In case you can’t tell what the gentleman in the picture is doing, he’s...
