Dan Gilliam: Endorsements

Hey friend:

Meet a life long friend of mine, Dan Gilliam. There were a dozen or so of you in my contact list that I thought should get to know him. He has ministered to me personally over the years in a multitude of ways…through his art, music and writings, but primarily in conversation over long distance phone calls. He definitely is in the top three people who've had the most significant influence over me (so blame him).

I've also had him in at two different churches where I've served and the response was tremendous both times. He's a great guitarist/singer, painter, speaker and now has a collection of his writings, "God Touches," recently published and doing well.

I knew Dan before he was "somebody" running in the circles of published authors writing about contemplative spirituality…he hasn't changed a bit. He's still Dan, bringing a cup of cold water to the spiritually hungry, but religiously tired.

I'd highly recommend him for a weekend at your church or school…coffee house, spiritual retreat, Sunday morning music/message slot…whatever. (We gave him the Sunday, set his paintings around the stage, let him sing, tell stories, talk and we were richer because of it.)

"Dan is a natural-born retreat leader. He knows how to connect through honesty, humor, story of personal recovery, and on developing a real relationship with God. Feedback received from retreat participants was overwhelmingly positive, and contained many questions about the date of our next retreat with Dan Gilliam! I look forward to the next retreat and the continuing inspiration Dan brings." - Dan F.

"'God Touches' offers the blandly, stuffily or wearily religious a taste of Christian spirituality that is spicy, natural, honest, and downright vivacious. And it offers the irreligious a window into the soul of a man whose faith never makes him less human, less thoughtful, or less interesting. Beautifully written and inspiring too."- Brian McLaren, author/speaker/activist

"I feel like I can breathe again after reading God Touches. Just when you thought religion would choke every last breath of freedom out of you, Dan Gilliam awakens you to realities you never dreamed possible with God. Too often Christendom dumbs down the Christian life to something shallow and narrow. God Touches unveils a Christian spirituality, which is deep and wide. Perhaps the most hopeful aspect of the book lies in the fact that what it offers can be experienced along the everyday paths of real life by nobodies like me."

Jim Palmer, author of Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God (and the unlikely people who help you)

"When Dan Gilliam plays his guitar, sings his songs and tells his story, music, meaning and even some magic find a home right there. I've watched Dan in a variety of settings simply presence the spirit of Christ. Felt it myself."
CarltonBakkum@cox.net

"I have known Dan and had the privilege of seeing him minister to people. There is no pretense about him. Dan Gilliam ministers in a way Jesus did -- he speaks right to the hearts of people. The Lord uses Dan in a powerful manner. I am grateful to have him as both a friend and a brother."
BigLou747@earthlink.net

"Dan is the best thing that happened to our retreats. He speaks from experience, he sings from this heart, and he interacts with a passion for people. His words, in story, song, and even art, have left lasting positive impressions on our college age people."
Rusty@RealLifeChurch.org

"With a poet's heart and the gift of art, Dan and his wife, Lynn, put a wonderfully fresh and intimate spin on our retreat. Our teens stopped looking for the next game and started looking inside their own hearts to find their place in God's."
KeithBud@comcast.net