Thursday Three For All
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 bold print to read the entire...
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Your Policies are Dumb
I am a long-time, loyal customer to a particular bank. I won’t name them here, because I have a practice where I don’t identify the negative examples I share on the blog, and because I don’t...
What Are Your Rules for Ministry?
Recently I came across an article regarding Chuck Jones “rules for Wile E. Coyote.” Though my wife and I disagree on the animated genius that is the Road Runner vs. Coyote, the reality is that...
Do You Have a Crazy Badger?
Stories like these shouldn’t make me laugh. I should be a man of concern. Of compassion. Of a furrowed brow and a heavy heart. But when I see a headline that reads, “CRAZY BADGER TERRORIZES...
Explain Yourself
Sometimes church people do things that don’t make a lot of sense to non-church people. Exhibit A: Backtizing. Last Saturday I was snuggling up with my four year old daughter, a requisite part of...
Is Your Guest Service Team in a State of Desperation?
Maybe you’d give a resounding yes! But you might just be answering the wrong question. I’m not talking about a team that has lost its vision, or struggles to get enough volunteers, or seems to constantly experience...
Rules or Tools?
Way back in my first few weeks at the Summit – during the season where all of us were trying to figure out what this new role looked like – my lead pastor made the...
Just a Nudge
If you’re like me, you have a dozen projects that need your attention today. A hundred tasks that await you. A thousand open loops running through your cranium. If your church is like mine, you...
Flashback Friday: Service Without Service
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Not too long ago I heard an interview with Bill Price, co-author of The...
Thursday Three For All
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. This Personality Trait Will Make You Indispensable to Your Employer....
