Sometimes it helps to break out of your context and get into another one…to capture some “we can do that!” moments by observing other teams doing it. That’s the gist of our Guest Services Weekenders:...
Over the years our team has been privileged to host hundreds of leaders from churches across the country. Whether it’s our Guest Services Weekenders, our One-Day Workshops, or our upcoming Connections Confab, those gatherings are...
Here in the good ol’ U.S.A., we’ve survived Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Are-These-Leftovers-Still-Okay-to-Eat Sunday, and Cyber Monday. But today is Giving Tuesday, and for the first time ever, I’m highlighting that day and an...
This post originally appeared in 2021, and has become something of an annual Thanksgiving Day tradition. (If you’re like me, you can use the reminder.) Read on, and enjoy this day of feasting and gratitude....
In his fascinating (if not terrifying) book The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt tells the story of the Biosphere 2 project, an 80s-era experiment which took place in the deserts of Arizona. The goal was to...
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...
If there’s one predictable thing about people, it’s that people are unpredictable. They zig when we expect them to zag. They’re offended when we expect them to be delighted. They swerve left when their turn...
One of the more enjoyable books I read this year was Andrew Le Peau’s Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality. Writers: you need this book. People who don’t view yourself as...
Call me crazy (many have), but I’m a firm believer that life is too short to do something you’re not wired to do. I learned this my first semester in seminary. When you’re in seminary, you...
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...
