We’re in an ongoing series called Hospitable Culture. The big question is this: What if hospitality isn’t something we do, it’s simply who we are? In other words, what if we could bump hospitality beyond...
The last decade or so has seen a lot of ink spilled on the topic of culture. We have healthy cultures and toxic cultures. Robust cultures and anemic cultures. Organizational culture, volunteer culture, and staff...
Some background: Long-time and elephant-memoried readers might recall a time some years ago when I recommended Evernote as a great option for keeping track of prayer needs. And at the time, it was. But in...
Motivation makes a difference. Consider your typical volunteer. Or lay leader. Or staff member or spouse or child. Or … ouch … consider yourself. “Because I should” motivates us to serve on the team, do...
Q: With non-permanent locations have you had to change the way [things] look, or some things that just don’t work well with a permanent location? [asked in a recent session of our Connections Confab] A:...
Two days. Two healthcare facilities. Two vastly different experiences. On day one, I accompanied my wife to a new(ish) provider in a clinic I’d never been to before. She was undergoing a minor procedure, but...
If you’ve never served on a church staff or in vocational ministry, you’ll be glad to know that our days are filled with chapel services, Chris Tomlin wafting through the offices (not Chris Tomlin songs,...
Our 2024 One-Day Workshops are in full swing. In late August we hosted our first of three, and over 70 leaders from Kansas to Virginia and Alabama to Missouri joined us for a day of...
We’re in an ongoing series called Hospitable Culture. The big question is this: What if hospitality isn’t something we do, it’s simply who we are? In other words, what if we could bump hospitality beyond...
If I might be so bold, I know the question you can ask God that will almost always get a response. It’s a question that’s easy enough to ask, but the answer might come with...
