Still building this porch. New writing goes up through 2026 — pull up a chair anyway.
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Everybody needs a GRAMPS.

I'm Dan Barton. Six grandkids call me GRAMPS, and somewhere along the way it stopped being a nickname and started being the job.

This is where I leave the stories, the laughs, and the things I wish somebody had told me at thirty.

Who's GRAMPS? → Say Hello

Pull up a chair. The coffee's already on.

Dan Barton — white hair and beard, smiling outdoors
Jefferson, Georgia — 2026

I'm 71. Factory worker, pastor, chaplain, husband, grandfather — in roughly that order, with a lot of mistakes in between. None of it was wasted. That's the whole point of this place.

What You'll Find Here

Three Things. That's It.

Stories

The ones that only get told with the coffee going — mine, and a few I was trusted to carry.

Humor

Seventy-one years is funny if you tell it right. I laugh at myself first — there's plenty of material.

Hard-Won Wisdom

35 years pastoring. 16 as a hospital chaplain. 15 in hospice. 47 years married. I've sat in the rooms most people avoid.

A Note About GUS

GRAMPS Unique Style

I write with what I call GUS Style — GRAMPS Unique Style.

GUS doesn't follow all the literary rules.

GUS uses … where others don't find them.

GUS Capitalizes Words That are there to Hook You.

GUS loves alliteration and a good visual moment on the page.

If my writing looks a little different — that's not a mistake. That's GUS.

Written for the man who hasn't willingly read a book since high school.

Dan Barton at a laptop, writing
Still at it. Every day.
Who's GRAMPS

Dan Barton

Most people who know me well call me GRAMPS — partly because I have six grandchildren, and partly because that's just who I've become.

I was a pastor for 35 years across six states. A Hospital Chaplain for 16. A Hospice Chaplain for 15. I've sat with people in the hardest moments of their lives — and I've had more than a few hard moments of my own.

I've been married for 47 years. That's not a footnote. That's a credential.

I'm 71 and I'm just getting started. That ought to tell you something.

  • Factory Worker
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  • Pastor
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  • Hospice Chaplain
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  • Hospital Chaplain
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  • “Dr. Nad”
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  • “DRB”
The Full Story at danbarton.me →
The Rest of the Porch

Other Places I Write

AndSatanLaughed.com

The flagship. For Christian men sidelined by failure or regret — who need to know their story isn't over.

GodRepurposesSkeletons.com

Home of the book in progress. God doesn't waste a single skeleton — He repurposes every one.

PictureOrStory.com

Where Christians share their own transformational God moments. Submit yours. Read someone else's.

danbarton.me

Where you find all things Dan Barton — the books, the writing, and every place I post.

Growth-Concept.com

Soon

100 growth concepts on resilience. The backbone of “God's Got Your Back.”

Say Hello

Let's Talk.

I'm a one-man show with God-sized dreams and a real-world budget. I'm cautiously figuring out this digital world and I appreciate your patience. If something here landed, tell me. I read every one.

[email protected]

Stick around. There's more to your story than you think.