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...
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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
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
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
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
Dear Harold Camping, The next time you decide to speak on behalf of all Christians… Don’t.
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
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...
Staff Infection
It all started with The Nines. As you may recall, The Nines is an annual event that started on 9/9/09. Leadership Network invites church leaders from around the country to submit nine minute videos for...
