The Spirit is Willing, But the Systems are Weak
Before you’re too quick to scold a volunteer for something that they didn’t do (but you wanted ’em to), or something that they did do (but you didn’t want ’em to), maybe you should start...
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When You Run Out of Time, You Run Out of Options
Whether you’re planning an event, cranking out a project, checking off your to-do list, or checking in with a long-lost friend, more time always equals more options. Our frenetic, fast-paced, move-on-to-the-next-thing culture robs us of...
How to Prepare an Additional Venue for Easter
At the time this post goes live, we are just under three weeks away from Easter 2023. But whenever you read it, the chances are decent that you have an additional venue in your future....
Danny Recommends: Husky Mobile Workbench
Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will...
3 Reasons Hazard Lights Work. (And 3 Reasons They Don’t.)
Over the years, I’ve mentioned the common vehicle hazard light in passing, but I’ve never spent any meaningful time talking about our why behind them. We don’t view hazards as an on-again off-again, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, flash-in-the-pan...
Top Ten Quotes: God Walk
Several years ago someone put a copy of The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan into my hands. It was one of the first books I’ve ever read on Sabbath, and still one of the...
How to Map Your Parking Lot, part 4: People and Placements
This is the final post in a four-part series that gets into the weeds of how to set your parking lot up for success. We’re looking at mapping from zones to cones and people to...
Tackling Small Church Myths, part 1
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Small Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the smaller congregation: those with 150 or fewer people in attendance each week. See the...
5 Things I’ve Learned (Again) From Jumping Back in the Saddle
At the time of this writing, I’m a little over a month into a new (temporary) gig as a Guest Services Director (GSD) at our newest campus. We’re still trying to hire an actual GSD,...
Why, When, and How to Have a Weather Rotation Plan
If you’re reading the blog in real-time and feel like I have a current obsession with rain, it’s because I have a current obsession with rain. I’ve rediscovered that very few things split a Guest...
