Perspective
Before you complain that somebody took the seat that you always sit in at church… Before you get aggravated that you have to walk a little farther from your car in the cold or the...
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Dream Team
As I write, we’ve just finished up Summit Staff Christmas Party 2k10. The auditorium is a wreck, the lobby is covered in coffee spills, and I’m pretty sure I just drank a year’s supply of...
Wow-Mart
I dig good stories of customer service. Especially when I’m the customer in question. Sure, I want you to have a good experience wherever you go, but I don’t want you to have all the...
For the Fatherless
You might have noticed that I’ve been more than a little excited about my role at the Summit Church lately. I’ve been talking about the generosity of our people, the priority of breaking people out...
Help Them Help Them
It’s the post so nice, I named it twice. If you’re a leader of people, part of your job is to help people help people. In the church world, volunteers tend to volunteer because they...
Breeding Generosity
I have the privilege of serving on staff at one of the most generous churches anywhere. This year we set a ridiculously large goal for our Christmas Missions Offering – $300,000. As of last Sunday,...
All Things to All People?
The Apostle Paul was rather infamous for opening up a can o’ worms. You can hardly fault him. I mean, what would you do if you were chained to an odiferous Roman guard 24/7? Talk...
Sbarro’s Messiah?
Well folks, Chris Gaynor and the Summit Brier Creek Worship Choir* are at it again. I’ve obtained exclusive footage of one of their recent flash mob performances at a local mall… I think when Handel...
“We Don’t Do Comfortable.”
Warning: this post has the potential to make you want to respond. Don’t fight it. One of our pastors received this from a friend. The friend is on staff at a church in the Triangle...
O Holy Night: The Mystery Revealed
For the last eight or nine Christmases, the butchered version of “O Holy Night” has been an annual staple of my iTunes lineup. Ever since a friend tried to convince me it was a real...
