We’ve either been there, or we will be: “there” is that moment when a regular attendee is cheating the system you’ve set up for your guests, or for a certain demographic of your congregation. For...
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...
Every January I share the annual blog survey: a set of questions that help drive and shape content for the following year. (And believe me…your feedback really does drive and shape stuff. This ain’t just...
A speechwriter for Reagan and a consultant for The West Wing? Count me in. I’ve long been fascinated with Peggy Noonan, but on the recommendation of a friend I picked up On Speaking Well: How...
My friend Justin Waples shared this video with me, and it’s good enough to share with you: Designer Tom Hulme introduces us to the concept of desire paths, or the natural “point A to point...
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...
In the last post I told you that I love the final week of the year, because I’m a sucker for everyone’s lists. Especially book lists. While it was hard to narrow down my top...
The last week of the year is one of my favorites on social media (and let’s be honest, it’s hard to use “social media” and “favorites” in the same sentence these days). I love it...
(If you’re an email subscriber or RSS feed reader and can’t see this year’s Christmas card, click here.) Again this year, I’m reminded of how grateful I am that you show up to this little...
Few days in the calendar year elicit more trips down memory lane than Christmas Eve. No other holiday comes close. My birthday doesn’t compete. Pound for pound and minute for minute, my waking hours on...
