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Case Study: To Tow Or Not To Tow?

A few weeks back I wrote about our new parking policy which stated that if a regular attending yahoo decides to park in First Time Guest parking, we’d tow them several zip codes away and also...

The Why Is More Important Than The What

This is part two in the Five Plumb Lines series. Jump to the other posts at the bottom of the page.  The why is more important than the what.  The First Impressions Team tends to...

Flashback Friday: Extreme Home Breakdown

Flashback Friday: Extreme Home Breakdown

We’re in the process of getting out of the rental and closing on our new house, which means memory lane is filled with past attempts of selling our old house. Here’s one of the more...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Not everybody’s workin’ for the weekend. Me? I’m workin’ for Thursday. That’s when I let other folks do the blogging for me. Here’s some of what I’ve been watching and who I’ve been learning from...

Jesus In My Place (UNC Edition)

Jesus In My Place (UNC Edition)

Back on Easter weekend, we celebrated new life in Christ by baptizing 181 people. On-the-spot baptisms pose a lot of logistical challenges, not to mention the fear that we might baptize someone who isn’t quite...

Book Review: How to Wow

Book Review: How to Wow

You only have to be a semi-regular reader of this blog to know that I’m a big proponent of just about anything Mark Waltz writes on the subject of guest services. Mark was a Connections...

The Gospel Is Offensive. Nothing Else Should Be.

This is part one in the Five Plumb Lines series. Jump to the other posts at the bottom of the page.  The Gospel is offensive. Nothing else should be. Let’s face it: most of us...

Flashback Friday: Creating Space

Flashback Friday: Creating Space

Jumping in the Wayback Machine in 3…2… [O]ver the last two days I have read well over 500 pages of books, sat through nine hours of meetings and conversations, typed up 11 single-spaced pages of...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Baptism, Jesus video games, and grilled cheese? That’s why people keep coming back to the blog, folks: I’m not afraid to tackle the hard topics. Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: Must Baptism Precede...

Soaring With Eagles

Soaring With Eagles

Last week my in-laws were in town for a visit. And by “in-laws” I mean father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle-Bubba-in-law, aunt-in-law, and RV-in-law. On previous trips the RV-in-law has set up shop in our backyard, running its...

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