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Silly Rabbit, Red Eyes Are For Demons

Silly Rabbit, Red Eyes Are For Demons

My wife loves me. I want to tell you that right up front, because based on what you’re about to read, you’re going to question it. You’ll think that your pastor blogger friend needs immediate...

Gospel-Centered Guest Service

When you serve as a volunteer in the church world, dysfunction is a part of the job. It’s not 24-7 sunshine and daisies, people don’t always rise up to call you blessed, And chipmunks don’t...

Engage or Get Out

It happened again last night. I met another practitioner in a long line of walking customer service disasters. Two of my boys and I stopped by a fast food chain to grab dinner after a...

Projectors? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Projectors!

Projectors? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Projectors!

So yesterday was a fun day at the Summit’s Brier Creek Campus, if you define “fun” using a dictionary from some bizarro alternate universe. We launched two services at our brand new 450 seat venue,...

April Showers

April Showers

I’m not sure what Jesus is trying to teach me. Recently I was moving through our offices at a rather high rate of speed. I was late for a meeting and trying to wrap up...

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Churches seem to live in the culture of “yes”: “Yes, we’ll start that program.” “Yes, we’ll turn the music down.” “Yes, we’ll offer both a traditional service and a contemporary service and a service for...

Topical Tuesday: Who Killed Sunday School?

Topical Tuesday: Who Killed Sunday School?

Today we pick back up in our spring series of Topical Tuesday posts, where you pick the topic / ask a question and I wax poetically. Because wax and poetry obviously go together. Want to...

Above the Clouds

Last week I spent some time talking about guest services with a church in the great state of Arkansas (official motto: “It Always Rains When Danny Is In The Great State Of Arkansas”). When I...

The New Venue’s Value

Before you read the following post, take note that the original publication date was April 1. April. First. April Fools Day. Thank you. And carry on. Last year several of our pastors attended a workshop...

Pride and Anxiety

Often when I pray, I’ll pray through 1 Peter 5:5-7 as a reminder of how to walk through my day: Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud...

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