Back in 2015 we launched a coaching network called Connections Confab. Today we count over 100 leaders from Maryland to Mississippi and Nebraska to North Carolina (and all points in between) as part of our Confab alumni...
Many moons ago, when my youngest son Jase turned 11, I witnessed something that I occasionally think about years later. As a part of his birthday celebration, Jase asked me to pick up Taco Bell...
Our family is proud to announce our latest addition: our third grandchild (and first grandson!) Elias Franks. Eli is my second-born’s second-born, making Skylar a big sister and unseating Haddie Nell as the baby of...
I’ve told you before about Daly Goods, a Texas-based leather goods shop. Joe Daly turns out nothing but high-quality products, and I’m the proud owner of several of his preacher notebooks, journals, bookmarks, and even...
Back in 2015 we launched a coaching network called Connections Confab. Today we count over 100 leaders from Maryland to Mississippi and Nebraska to North Carolina (and all points in between) as part of our Confab alumni...
Many moons ago, when my youngest son Jase turned 11, I witnessed something that I occasionally think about years later. As a part of his birthday celebration, Jase asked me to pick up Taco Bell...
Our family is proud to announce our latest addition: our third grandchild (and first grandson!) Elias Franks. Eli is my second-born’s second-born, making Skylar a big sister and unseating Haddie Nell as the baby of...
I’ve told you before about Daly Goods, a Texas-based leather goods shop. Joe Daly turns out nothing but high-quality products, and I’m the proud owner of several of his preacher notebooks, journals, bookmarks, and even...
When it comes to leading, working with, or simply being around people, it’s easy to fall into the ditch. We hit the ditch when we make assumptions about someone’s level or lack of knowledge. We...
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...
I have a friend who is a Chick-fil-A owner / operator (actually, I have several friends who are CFA owners / operators … I think that goes with the territory of being on a church...
A lot of our churches put a lot of time into creating welcoming environments for our guests. Putting it simply? Those environments and that attention are a big deal. But they’re not the deal. If our designed...
There is no such thing as “leftover time” in our day. There will rarely be a moment that is unaccounted for; rarely be an hour where we’re twiddling our thumbs and looking for something to...
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...
