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What the Church Can Learn From Disney (part 4)

Don’t start here. Back that mouse up. For a long time now, I’ve been telling you that details matter.  It matters that your facility is clean.  It matters that there’s toilet paper on the roll....

Ten Years

Ten Years

Ten years later, I still remember eating hot Krispy Kremes while walking down a cold and windy sidewalk to Nashville’s Baptist Hospital. Ten years later, I remember laughing when she said, “If Gore wins the...

What the Church Can Learn From Disney (part 3)

Where there’s a three, there’s a one and two.  Catch up there first. For the rest of our lives, when we look back on Disney 2010, we’ll remember Rafael. Rafael is a waiter at Whispering...

What the Church Can Learn From Disney (part 2)

It’s a series, yo. Start here. Walt Disney envisioned that his theme parks would represent a grander “show,” a living movie, if you can imagine that.  As such, you are not just walking into a...

What the Church Can Learn From Disney (part 1)

I just returned from the Happiest Place on Earth. I’m referring, of course, to Walt Disney World, home of Orlando, Florida.  Or something like that. I’ve long said that as the First Impressions Guy at the...

Doing Anything Next Tuesday?

Doing Anything Next Tuesday?

I opened up my email yesterday to find…well, me, staring back at me. Not really staring.  “Staring off into the distance, kind of squinty-like” is a better way of putting it. So I’m doing a...

So Long, Lori

So Long, Lori

It’s a sad day at the Summit Church offices. Today, a four-year era comes to an end.  Today, Lori Perdue says goodbye to Durham and hello to Los Alamos, New Mexico. Lori joined our team...

Billboards, Buck Coffee, and Church Bulletins

Billboards, Buck Coffee, and Church Bulletins

I’m just a wee bit irritated. If you live in the Triangle, you can confirm that there are McDonald’s billboards everywhere that shout out “$1 small hot or iced coffee.”  They’re on highway 70.  15-501....

CD Review: The Aftertaste of Abandonment

CD Review: The Aftertaste of Abandonment

There are artists, and then there are Artists. My friend Jonathan Edwards is one of the latter. Jonathan is freakishly talented at wearing lots of hats:  Writer.  Speaker.  Graphic designer. But it’s his latest project...

Stuff Spouses Like

Stuff Spouses Like

On Saturday my bride and I attended the Dave Ramsey Live event at the RBC Center.  It was a full day of debt-free discussions, What About Bob clips, and four dollar popcorn, which I purchased...

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