Everyday with dan...

Hope is a hot commodity these days. Everybody wants some... But more importantly right now... How the heck are you?!? It seems like it's...

Yeah, I gave the message for our church community yesterday... and lived to tell about it. It was touch-and-go for awhile. This is an actual...

Well, it finally happened. I agreed to give the message at a church gathering again. I used quotation marks around "preach" becaus...

"The most satisfying lives are those which involve challenge, fear and struggle." So says psychologist Paul Bloom. I would probabl...

I've been thinking about this Invitation & Challenge matrix lately. I first stumbled onto it some years ago - probably through 3...

I think every day last week I was going to post some sort of "tidbits" type thing. Wednesday Words, Thursday Thoughts, Friday F...

The other day I read this article ' The Art  of the Elevator Pitch ,' and it really inspired me to improve as a communicator, whe...

I think I've discovered the reason for my current funk. I am a hypocrite. And I do not want to preach again until I can do so with a...

Caleb is the youngest of our grandchildren. He turned 3 this past Saturday. We were all in Illinois for the weekend so we had a party the...

So.... I agreed to preach a sermon in a church again. It's not until the end of April. And it's at our church back home - where m...

So the New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in OT in Super Bowl LI (51). Whether it was the greatest comeback or greatest ...

Lately I've been thinking about the place of authority in preaching and/or teaching. I have the opportunity to hear a variety of spea...

It was two years ago from this past Sunday that I preached my last sermon. I had a wedding the night before, and preached my last one the fi...

There are a couple pieces I want to point to regarding the whole race/ferguson/police thing. I've been hesitant to discuss it much, but ...

When I was preaching every week, one thing that was always a concern in the back of my mind was... when the time came that I wasn't pre...

Ministry Best Practices pointed me to this article on 5 Myths of Introverted Pastors at ProPreacher.com. I thought it was most excellent, ...

Yesterday was a pretty good day all the way around. M'Lady and I started the day by taking a 3+ mile run first thing in the morning. The...

This may not seem helpful to some, but it actually could/should be to some (who may not realize it). It just needs to be read with a spirit ...