Raise the Bar.
In leadership, standards matter. Our employees, our volunteers, and our teams might indeed reach the standards we set for them. They’ll want to do what’s expected. They’ll want to serve to please. They’ll want to...
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A Liturgy Before Hosting
My friend Beth Coble from Lifepointe Church tipped me off to this passage from Every Moment Holy, Vol. III. It’s an excellent reminder that before we simply show up, we need to invite the work...
How I’m Rethinking My “Ideal Week”
Several years ago I wrote a post called “Mapping Your Ideal Week,” the main idea being that a few minutes of weekly pre-planning can make sure you get all of the important stuff accomplished. I’ve...
Zoom In, Zoom Out
In Tasha Eurich’s great book Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think, she recounts the story of a cancelled flight...
Multi-Site: 6 Best Practices for a Campus Visit
If you serve in a central role in a multi-site context, you are going to make campus visits. Or at least you should be making campus visits. You should strive to be a church hopper....
Brian is AT&T. AT&T is Brian.
I mentioned in a recent post that earlier this summer I traveled out of country. As a part of that process, I had a primary and secondary plan for being able to use my phone...
Top Ten Quotes: Reset
It’s no secret that I’m a long-time fan of Chip and Dan Heath’s writing. I’ve talked before about Made to Stick, Switch, The Power of Moments, and Upstream, among others. Their books are one of...
Lost in Translation
Earlier this summer my wife and I – along with our 14 year old daughter – had the opportunity to visit a couple of long-time friends in Germany. They serve with a local seminary and...
How to Get Past the Well-Oiled Machine
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...
Q&A: Why Don’t You Have a Coffee Bar?
Q: It doesn’t appear that The Summit serves coffee or donuts on Sunday mornings. What’s the theory behind that? [from a recent Confab session] A: It’s true that we zigged when a lot of churches...
