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Awkward

Awkward

I love leaders who get it. Who understand the win. Who realize that the role of our weekend First Impressions team isn’t just to pour coffee or park cars, but to pave the way for...

Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 2

Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 2

If you missed the beginning of this saga, you’ll want to start here. So there we were, fleeing for our lives in Wallace, NC, miles away from the world’s largest frying pan that we could’ve...

Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 1

Blowouts and Banjo Music, part 1

My family doesn’t enjoy doing things the easy way. This weekend I officiated a wedding in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Merriem and I decided to make a semi-weekend out of it and loaded the kids up...

What’s Your Tricky Tile?

I’ve been working on a theory for the last several years. I have absolutely no way to substantiate it, so it makes perfect sense that I’d put it out on a blog for all the...

2011 Summer Reading List: Mine

2011 Summer Reading List: Mine

I have a confession to make: I’m a book hoarder. I’m not necessarily my-own-show-on-TLC level. Nope, I don’t have a strategically mapped path in between piles of Piper and Packer. There are no mountains of...

2011 Summer Reading List: Yours

2011 Summer Reading List: Yours

Oprah has left the building. Oh, I know. She’s coming back. The Great One will soon reincarnate on her own OWN station and be more incredibly enlightening than ever before. But for now, she hasn’t...

PK 2k11

PK 2k11

In case you haven’t done the math, my kids are preacher’s kids, sometimes referred to in the churchiverse as “PKs.” They get top billing anytime I preach (whether the illustrations are true or not), they...

Worth 1,000 Words

Worth 1,000 Words

Dear Harold Camping, The next time you decide to speak on behalf of all Christians… Don’t.

Friday Is For Funny

Friday Is For Funny

It’s Friday, and you know what that means on Connective Tissue: the last post before the apocalypse. No, really, it normally means nothing. Friday is just one more day of merriment and mirth and pseudo-information...

People, Not Projects

People, Not Projects

Following is the transcript from my talk at yesterday’s Staff Infection online conference. If you fancy yourself an audible and visual learner, you can take your chances with my out-of-proportion head on the video (there’s...

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