Creative Structure
People ask me all the time, “Danny, where do you come up with the amazing content on your blog?” (And by “people” I mean “nobody,” and by “all the time” I mean “not once in...
Category: Learning Curve
Think Small
Sometimes, we think too big: Big plans. Big dreams. Big ideas. We whip out our annual planners, formulate our spreadsheets, calculate our budgets, and recruit our team. We catch a huge vision and run with...
Topical Tuesday: Hell? Yes.
We’re in the middle of our spring series of Topical Tuesday posts, where you pick the topic (i.e., ask a question) and I start typing. As if I’m some sort of authority or something. Want...
I Have A Question
Okay, so I don’t really have a question. For once, I’m not the hand-raised, kid-at-the-back-of-the-class, yelling “Ooh, pick me! Pick me!” Nope, this is a post about people who have questions. Scratch that. People who...
Topical Tuesday: Sister Wives, OT Style
We continue our spring series of Topical Tuesday posts, where you pick the topic (i.e., ask a question) and I ramble on and on until I think I’ve answered it. Or until you put your...
Repackaging Religion
I was totally blindsided on Sunday. Hoodwinked. Wool pulled over my eyes. Bamboozled. Shenanniganized. Editor’s Note: I don’t think that’s a word. Never mind. My two older sons and I were shopping at that fine...
Topical Tuesday: Christian Panhandling
Today we kick off our spring series of Topical Tuesday posts, where you pick the topic (i.e., ask a question) and I pontificate for paragraphs on end until I think I’ve answered it. Or until...
God of the Details
February 1994. I was a second year student pastor at a church in West Tennessee, and it was time for our Valentine’s Banquet. Now if you’re not familiar with student ministry in the 90’s, there...
Topical Tuesday Tip Off
It’s time once again, my peeps. Time to let you drive the content of ye olde blogge. Time for you to ask probing questions. Time to delve the depths of my vast theological knowledge. Editor’s...
Sermon After Party
On Sunday I preached to my favorite people in the world – the folks at the Summit’s Brier Creek Campus. I displayed my awesome math skills (“$544,000 is dangerously close to well over a half...
