Repackaging Religion
I was totally blindsided on Sunday. Hoodwinked. Wool pulled over my eyes. Bamboozled. Shenanniganized. Editor’s Note: I don’t think that’s a word. Never mind. My two older sons and I were shopping at that fine...
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They Get It
It happened again on Sunday. I met another Summit family who have whole-heartedly bought into the vision of why we do what we do. I was visiting our new North Durham Campus at Hillandale Elementary...
Strangely Familiar
This is our Student Pastor, Jason Gaston. This is a Sleestak, from Land of the Lost. If it’s okay with you, I’m just...
Topical Tuesday: Christian Panhandling
Today we kick off our spring series of Topical Tuesday posts, where you pick the topic (i.e., ask a question) and I pontificate for paragraphs on end until I think I’ve answered it. Or until...
God of the Details
February 1994. I was a second year student pastor at a church in West Tennessee, and it was time for our Valentine’s Banquet. Now if you’re not familiar with student ministry in the 90’s, there...
Topical Tuesday Tip Off
It’s time once again, my peeps. Time to let you drive the content of ye olde blogge. Time for you to ask probing questions. Time to delve the depths of my vast theological knowledge. Editor’s...
Building Cool Points at Church
I serve on the staff of a rapidly growing multi-site church. While that means that there are a lot of great things happening, it also means that we’re always trying to shuffle the decks to...
Twenty.
Today is an awesome day. It hasn’t been a great day. A sick kid, a busted van, a missed meeting, and appointments and emails that just won’t quit have made for a very hecticbusycrazyinsane morning...
North South Carolina
Howdy Blogosphere. I’m back after a nearly two week hiatus. I… Editor: Hold on. You can’t just show up after two weeks and jump right in to content. Where have you been? You know, places....
Sermon After Party
On Sunday I preached to my favorite people in the world – the folks at the Summit’s Brier Creek Campus. I displayed my awesome math skills (“$544,000 is dangerously close to well over a half...
