Call It Out.
Close your eyes and think with me for a moment. (No, wait. Read the next paragraph, and then close your eyes and think with me for a moment.) Think back to the person who first...
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The 2026 Annual Blog Survey
Every January I share the annual blog survey: a set of questions that help drive and shape content for the following year. (And believe me…your feedback really does drive and shape stuff. This ain’t just...
When Dialect Becomes a Doorway
Recently I listened to a podcast episode that focused on the regional dialects of North Carolina, and how certain towns have very certain pronunciations. (Word to the wise: Beaufort, North Carolina and Beaufort, South Carolina...
Danny Recommends: EWA Portable Bluetooth Speaker
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...
Top Ten Quotes: The Discipline of Grace
Almost two decades ago, I stumbled across a book called The Discipline of Grace: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness. That book was – as the kids say – a game...
The Churn of the Church Volunteer Team
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Large Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the larger congregation: those with an average attendance of 800 or more. See the entire...
Institutionalize Your Hospitality
Through the years, I’ve been asked a variation of this question: Should a church’s guest services team function more organically or more according to a specified plan? In other words, should we just “let hospitality...
Fresh.
It’s New Year’s Day. While I’m writing this post a couple of weeks before it actually goes live, I have just enough prophetic gifts to tell you that I didn’t make it to midnight last...
2025 Year in Review: Books
I look forward to this week of the year every year: it’s a week of relaxation, stretchy pants, and – maybe best of all – everyone’s book list from the previous year. Here’s my own...
Merry Christmas from the Franks Family!
(If you’re an email subscriber or RSS feed reader and can’t see this year’s Christmas card, click here.) “There is not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him. There were...
