Q&A: How Can I Remember Names?
Q: I’ve noticed that people love when we use their names. I’m NOT great at remembering names but I am very intentional about using the names I DO know (which makes me look like I’m...
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What Are Your Leadership Labels?
As leaders, we tend to apply labels to those we lead: Rock star. Lazy. Utility player. Unreliable. Hot-tempered. Self-starter. Flaky. Whether the labels are always true doesn’t really matter. If they are sometimes true or were once true...
5 Reasons You Should Serve at Christmas at DPAC
For three days prior to Christmas, the Summit is going to be invading the Durham Performing Arts Center for our sixth year. We’ll be celebrating the incarnation of Jesus, the majesty of the manger, the...
Flashback Friday: 25 Questions for Mary
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Last week I took some time to get re-acquainted with an old...
Thursday Three For All: Assimilation, Adoption, and Star Wars So Far
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...
And So We Wait…
One of my favorite Christmas stories comes out of Luke 2. But it’s not the Charlie Brown Christmas, Linus-holding-a-blanket, end-of-the-school-play Luke 2 recitation you may be thinking of. No, there’s another Luke 2 Christmas story, a Christmas story...
Danny Recommends: Children’s Christmas Books
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...
Looking for Practical Training in 2018? Here’s Your List.
The New Year will be on us faster than you can say Unused Gym Membership. But unlike those resolutions you already know you’re going to break, let me give you three easy ones to keep:...
Flashback Friday: Stop The Assembly Line
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! In his best-selling Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Disney...
Thursday Three For All, Thanksgiving Edition: Holiday Conversations, $76,000 Dinners, and Mobile Moderators
It’s Thanksgiving Thursday, kiddies, and that means an extra-grateful edition of TT4A. Grab your gravy and a spoon and settle in for some reading time. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the entire...
