DT Slouffman is a network television producer, university professor, and the director of content for Redeeming Babel. He will be speaking on Thursday morning at Midwinter in Chicago.
Hometown
I reside in Brentwood, Tennessee. I spent 24 years in New York City and am the product of a Bellbrook, Ohio, upbringing,
What are you reading?
Reversed Thunder, by Eugene Peterson, N.T. Wright’s On Earth as in Heaven, and How to Know a Person, by David Brooks
What do you hope pastors and ministry leaders who attend Midwinter will take away from your talk?
Despite partisan politics and policy promises, it is in humble discipleship that we showcase the hope Jesus offers.
What does the Midwinter theme, “Immeasurably More,” mean to you in your life and ministry context?
The theme reminds me of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians: “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” What a comforting thought this is to me.
What would Midwinter attendees be surprised to learn about you?
Mario Andretti chauffeured me on a couple of occasions, Dr. Jane Goodall read to me from Dr. Seuss, and President Jimmy Carter and I compared notes on the Pentateuch at a baseball game.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I dreamed of a dual career as an animator of Hanna-Barbera cartoons who moonlights as a rock and roll deejay.
What was your first job?
At 15, I took a job as a lifeguard.
What was the last song you sang along to?
“In the Air Tonight,” by Phil Collins
