Find Your Center
This post originally appeared on November 30, 2009. Robert Peary is widely credited as being the first explorer to reach the North Pole (no record exists of Santa disputing that claim, although I’m told...
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Danny Recommends: FullContact
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...
Guest Services According to John the Baptist
By society’s standards, he was what grandma would’ve called “an odd bird.” He wore an ill-fitting camel hair robe and he ate honey-coated grasshoppers. He hung out in the woods a lot and implored onlookers...
Flashback Friday: The Unseen
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! They’re all around us. Every weekend, they show up early and stay...
Thursday Three For All: Weekend Misses, Sheep-Stealing, and Cow Serenades
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
Q&A: How Do We Run A Capital Campaign Without Scaring Off Our Guests?
Q: We are in the middle of a building campaign. How can we best consider our guests without scaring them off? [submitted via the 2018 blog survey] A: I’ll never forget that conversation in our...
Who Are You Reading?
I’ve had the same conversation several times in the past few months. The first time, it was with a friend who had read my list of books I recommend to those in the guest services...
Technical Difficulties Are Fun!
If you are an RSS or email subscriber, you just received a template for a “Flashback Friday” post. Sorry for the confusion…I was tinkering with the template and accidentally hit “publish.” Since you’re here anyway,...
2018 Weekenders Are Filling Up! Reserve Your Space Today.
I trend towards being a visual learner. Tell me something, I’ll absorb part of it. Show me something – be it a diagram, a drawing, or a video – I’ll grasp much of it. But let me experience something, and it...
Flashback Friday: Five Loaves vs. the Four Year Old
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! On Sunday afternoon I had an impromptu lunch date with my daughter....
