Speaker: Danny Schmidt

Named to the Chicago Tribune’s list of the “50 Most Significant Songwriters in the Last 50 Years,” Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt has amassed a cult following for his poetic, poignant lyrics. With a craftsmanship and emotional depth drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt, Schmidt is considered a preeminent writer. Sing Out Magazine proclaimed that: “Schmidt is a force of nature: a blue moon, a hundred-year flood, an avalanche of a singer-songwriter. His songs are a flood of poetry, mythology, folk wisdom, and surprise. He is perhaps the best new songwriter we’ve heard in the last 15 years.”

website: https://www.dannyschmidt.com/

Why Do We Choose Church? 

Why do we choose church?  We all choose to be here for different reasons, and for multiple reasons.  Church can provide community. Church can offer guidance in our theological explorations.  Church can empower our individual voices in the call for social justice. Through the songs of Danny Schmidt, let’s explore some of those reasons we choose to be … Continue reading Why Do We Choose Church?