It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States, and the purpose of Thanksgiving is to…well…give thanks. In your family or friend group, perhaps you have different ways of doing that: your Methodist preacher granddaddy says the...
If you haven’t been there, you will: You get hired for your dream job or at your dream organization. The job description is everything you’ve ever wanted, except for that one little add-on ministry at...
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...
It’s time to get the band back together. Back in 2015 we launched a coaching network called Connections Confab. Today we count over 60 leaders from churches in 21 states as part of our Confab...
Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game tackles the topic of … well … infinite games (no need to get crazy-creative with titles, am I right)? Sinek sets up the categories of finite games – those with...
Q: Now that you’re gonna be a grandfather, do you plan on making these types of puns in future post titles? [Suddenly-disgruntled blog reader, Monowi, Nebraska] A: Probably. (And please, call me “Pops.” Grandfather was...
Church announcements tend to be the pariah of the weekend service. They can be too long, too boring, too fuzzy, or there’s just too many. In our context, we often use a plumb line that...
The following question came from a participant in our recent One-Day Workshop. Q: When you receive a completed survey from a first-time guest, how much of that feedback is actionable? A: All of it. That’s...
Today, some personal news: In the wild season that has been 2020-2021, our family has managed to eke out some celebrations along the way: A couple of engagements at the start of this whole thing...
On the team that I lead, we will occasionally revisit the topic of our “lanes:” We know that on our team, we are responsible for a certain number of things. But just because one particular...
