Personal Stuff: As a missionary kid, I always knew who Jesus was, but it wasn’t until college that I began to wrestle with what that actually meant for my life. Discovering the answer has been a mysterious, exhilarating, long (and sometimes difficult) journey, but I cannot imagine life without Christ.

After leaving home I went to a bunch of schools (fun, but not too productive…) finally getting my act together and graduating with a BS from Criswell in Dallas, and an MA from Moody Seminary in Chicago.

While pastoring in Winnipeg MB a friend came up to me after church and said, “Dan, don’t take this wrong, but I think you may be a better writer than a speaker.” She then introduced me to her agent, and Bizarre Bible Stories was picked up by Baker Books about a year later. Now I get to tell stories as a pastor, a dad, and a writer. Writing is actually harder for me than speaking, as it’s difficult for me to think with my mouth closed. Along with a beautiful wife, four terrific kids and nine crazy, overwhelming, charming grandkids. And, I have a Jeep. People with Jeeps are more fun.

Outside of Church and Writing: I love eating, archery, rappelling, fixing cars (too often), spending time with friends (never enough) and spoiling grandkids. Some of my favorite books include Mere Christianity and all things C.S. Lewis, A Man Called Intrepid, and The Reason for God. A few of my favorite movies are Napoleon Dynamite (ughhhhhhhhh), The Princess Bride (Inconceivable!), and Blues Brothers (We’re on a mission from God!)

I have a few posts about Haiti. I’ve been going off and on since 2007. Here is a link to our ministry there.

Writing Stuff: Bizarre Bible Stories and Bizarre Bible Stories 2! are both published through Wipf and Stock.  Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories is available through Amazon. Most of my pastoral humor writing has been published by ChristianityToday/Pastors. You can find those articles here – for free (sometimes). Or you can browse through this website, most stuff is inconveniently here for the digging.

Job Stuff: As I was completing my Batchelor’s degree I was a Camp counselor/director for 8 years (yes, I was that slow), then an associate pastor for thirteen years, and finally a lead pastor for 27 years. Now they call me Pastor Emeritus. I think that’s Latin for old.