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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...

Is Your Face Hurting You?

Middle school Danny was always a big fan of the is your face hurting you? question. If you’re not familiar with 7th grade boy jokes, let’s dig in: Is your face hurting you? Because it’s killing me!...

Are Your Volunteers Instruments of Change?

Maybe you’ve noticed a phenomenon taking over your volunteer teams. It’s one that will suck the life out of your people and zap the personal touch from your systems. Too often our volunteers enter into...

Multiply: What’s Next?

I recognize that most of my readers are from outside the walls of The Summit Church, so this post may feel a little like reading someone else’s mail (spoiler: it kind of is). But this...

Flashback Friday: Nobody Brags About Being 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!   I have a love / hate relationship with Luke 10. If you...

Thursday Three For All: To-Do Lists, Podfasters, and David Letterman’s “Childhood Friends”

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...

Feeling Disconnected? Here’s a Fix.

Whatever size church you attend, there will come a point where you feel left out. Unknown. Like you don’t have the friendships and relationships you’re craving. Feeling connected isn’t correlated to size. It seems counterintuitive,...

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