Daniel Patterson

Executive Pastor, @CentralBCS • Husband to Molly • Father to Emma, Claire, and Seth • Reading, sports, bbq, and gym enthusiast • Follower of Christ

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

Another round of seizures Claire’s at-home rescue meds couldn’t stop.

• Day began with ambulance to local ER.
• Next a helicopter ride to Houston.

She’s stabilized for the most part. We’re awaiting her neurology team’s recommendations for next steps. But prayer appreciated.

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Another year of Training Program in the books!

4 years in, we’ve:

• welcomed 473 people into the program
• trained 19 seminary students
• awarded 500 hours of master’s degree credit
• helped train 6 other area local churches

I love every second I get to be a part of this!

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An update, for those who’ve been praying for our Claire.

It’s been an exceptionally difficult month post-hospital. But we’re finally starting to stabilize. And we’re headed to Houston this morning to start a series of important tests.

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Claire Update.

Unfortunately, not a best-case scenario. It appears Claire has a brain tumor.

Fortunately, she is recovering beautifully, and there is much good news—foremost of which being the tumor is not cancerous.

More details below for those keeping track and praying.

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🚨🙏Urgent prayer appreciated for our precious daughter, Claire.

She had a series of very scary seizures. We took her to the local hospital, where she was intubated, heavily sedated, and is being flown to Houston for emergency specialty care.

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CLAIRE UPDATE (Friday)

1. MRI. Unfortunately not definitive. Need additional time/data make determinations. Not what we were hoping for but ok.

2. Claire. Ventilator removed—much less miserable/more comfortable. Feels like a gift just to be able to have a conversation with her.

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Claire update.

PRAYER REQUESTS.

1. MRI on Fri AM. Biggest inflection point helping determine cause/severity of seizures. Praying for clarity, no spots, best of news.

2. Rest for Claire—sedation pre-MRI. She’s terrified/delirious any time she wakes. It’s heartbreaking.

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

Claire update.

PRAYER REQUESTS.

1. MRI on Fri AM. Biggest inflection point helping determine cause/severity of seizures. Praying for clarity, no spots, best of news.

2. Rest for Claire—sedation pre-MRI. She’s terrified/delirious any time she wakes. It’s heartbreaking.

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

🚨🙏Urgent prayer appreciated for our precious daughter, Claire.

She had a series of very scary seizures. We took her to the local hospital, where she was intubated, heavily sedated, and is being flown to Houston for emergency specialty care.

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

Her vitals are stable. But words like medical-induced coma are extremely scary to hear. Please pray for:

• clear answers
• healing
• safe travels
• total recovery
• and her two siblings who are also very concerned along with Molly and me for our Claire Bear.

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

🚨🙏Urgent prayer appreciated for our precious daughter, Claire.

She had a series of very scary seizures. We took her to the local hospital, where she was intubated, heavily sedated, and is being flown to Houston for emergency specialty care.

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

@lukedsimmons We’re calling it Learning the Word.

Here’s the link to our landing page, which has (among other things) direct links to YouTube and Spotify for the podcast.

https://t.co/uCgfzkNdsV

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Starting today our church is kicking off a sustained effort to get as many of our people to read the entire Bible in 2026, with:

• sermons tracking with the plan
• free audiobook version
• reading plan for kids
• podcast by our pastors
• small group guide

Can’t wait!

[Daniel Patterson @DLPatterson]

@erikshestopal Linked at the bottom of this page

https://t.co/uCgfzkNdsV

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🧵 Spiritual Planning for 2026 🧵

Picking a Bible-reading plan is great.

But this time of year is the perfect time of year to make a real plan to go further and grow deeper.

The last several years I've made a spiritual training plan. Here's what I'm doing this year and why.

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FINAL THOUGHTS

There's more to life than optimization and efficieincy.

Ironically, that's what has made this practice valuable to me. It takes me out of task mode, makes me reflective, and cultivates gratitude in my heart.

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🚀 My Best New Daily Habit in 2025.

I've long started a new notebook each year and used it to capture everything and serve as a second brain. See below.

But one change this year that has added a ton of value—the one-sentence summary.

https://t.co/MWQIjx4RrX

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🧵Effectiveness pro-tip.

Use one notebook each year to capture everything.

• goals, plans, checklists
• meeting notes
• sketching random ideas
• notes from church, talks, etc.

Instead of reaching for scratch paper here, legal pad there, keep it all in the same place.

Why?

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SHUTDOWN RITUAL

On top of that, lots of people have talked about the importance of a shutdown ritual. It's always felt a little forced or hokey when I've tried something.

But I've found after I do this, I'm in a different frame of mind. It helps me transition out of work-mode.

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@beadles_andrew I tend to use audiobooks for things I won’t tend to need to highlight/mark much (light fiction, biography, etc.)

That said, I’ve also been known to listen to an audiobook then realize I need to purchase the hard copy in order to mark, pull quotes, etc. 😂

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📚 10 TIPS: How to Read More in 2026 📚

I love to read (but haven't always).

For the last decade or so I've read 100–150 books a year on average.

And here's what I would tell the younger me, or someone interested in reading more.