Flashback Friday: Embracing Awkwardness
We’ve been trying to meet as many neighbors as possible, a difficult feat when the average temperature this summer was Surface Of The Sun. But one neighbor I met fairly early on was a delightful...
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How Office Control Freaks Can Learn to Let Go. (via @Lifehacker) My name is Danny, and I am a control freak. (Hi, Danny!) If you find yourself taking on an increasing number of projects and/or people,...
Going the Extra Mile
I’m always amazed at our volunteer team’s insatiable desire to create a “wow” moment whenever they get a chance. But I’ve been really amazed at what I’ve witnessed the last couple of weekends at our Chapel Hill Campus....
Just Get Out Of The Way
Yesterday on my way home from church, I had an experience that was so surreal, so otherworldly, that I just wanted to keep driving around for a while in order to extend the moment (but...
Flashback Friday: Let ‘Em Own It
I’m busy rifling through my daughter’s candy basket, picking out all the Snickers bars. Meanwhile, here’s a post from the archives: Your team will make mistakes. They will have an error. They will fall flat on their face or trip over...
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When Jesus Haunts Your Halloween. (via @davidcmathis) When Jesus haunts our Halloween, we pour in the extra energy and creativity to capitalize on this opportunity to meet new neighbors and go deep with the old —...
What’s Your Brown M&M?
One of my favorite “details” stories revolves around Van Halen and their brown M&Ms. Disclaimer: I didn’t listen to much Van Halen as a kid. I remember when “Jump” made it big on the radio....
Flashback Friday: Autumn Has Arrived
After my little tirade at the beginning of Wednesday’s post, I was reminded anew how much I dislike the word “Autumn.” (I think it was invented by Hallmark to sell more cards, or something.) But...
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‘Mr. Spock goes to church’: How one Christian copes with Asperger’s syndrome. (via @BrantHansen) Fascinating. How are our churches doing in reaching people who feel “like an alien at church”? Multiple times, each week, every week,...
Do Hallelujah Fests Work?
It’s that time of year again: fall (or Autumn, if you consider yourself better than the rest of us). The time when hipsters break out their slightly-less-ironic scarves, pumpkin flavoring seeps into everything, and churches...
