If there’s one predictable thing about people, it’s that people are unpredictable. They zig when we expect them to zag. They’re offended when we expect them to be delighted. They swerve left when their turn...
One of the more enjoyable books I read this year was Andrew Le Peau’s Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality. Writers: you need this book. People who don’t view yourself as...
Call me crazy (many have), but I’m a firm believer that life is too short to do something you’re not wired to do. I learned this my first semester in seminary. When you’re in seminary, you...
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...
The application process for Confab 2025 is now closed. Interested in getting on the waiting list? Contact me. Want to be the first to find out about Confab 2026? Fill out this form. Back in...
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...
