A speaker who meets your audience where they are — and challenges them to go deeper.
Dani Crews is a faith-based speaker, teacher, and nonprofit founder based in Colorado Springs. She has spoken at Young Life camps, MomCo gatherings, church retreats, women's events, and fundraiser keynotes — bringing messages that open with empathy and close with a real challenge.
Whether your audience is middle schoolers at camp, moms in a living room, or women entrepreneurs at a retreat — Dani brings the same thing every time: honesty, Scripture, and a call to stop performing and start living.
“Dani Crews speaks with uncommon transparency, sincerity, and imagination. She truly sees people in her audiences as individuals with their array of life experiences, and she speaks to them accordingly.
The truths and stories she shares are clear evidence of a real faith. She’s more than a speaker to put on your stage - she’s an example of a Jesus follower to put in front of your people.”
Daesha W. | Trace Church Staff Member
What it's like when Dani speaks
Dani doesn't do performance.
She shows up prepared, personal, and present — reading the room, speaking to real life, and never wrapping things up too neatly.
Her talks open by meeting people in their honest reality and close with a clear, specific challenge toward more trust in God.
She speaks from Scripture, from her own story, and from years of walking alongside people in ministry.
Audiences consistently describe her as someone who makes them feel seen — and then asks more of them.
Speaking Topics
Sharing Your Faith
How to tell your story, share the Gospel naturally, and move past the fear of saying the wrong thing. Based on the True Story framework.
Coed
Church
Women’s Events
Retreats
Everyday Faith
What it looks like to follow Jesus in the actual spaces of your life — motherhood, work, leadership, and ordinary Tuesday afternoons.
Leadership
Identity in Christ
Who you are when the roles, the busyness, and the pressure fall away. Grounded in Scripture. Often the anchor session for women's retreats.
Women’s Retreats
Moms
Youth
Faith & Entrepreneurship
Building a business as an act of worship — what it means to build with God, not just for Him. For women entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Corporate
Called to Rest
A counter-cultural call to slowness, margin, and a life that isn't running on empty. Based on the Rhythms of Rest devotional.
Retreats
Youth & Young Adults
The Gospel for a generation that's suspicious of performance and hungry for something real. Dani has spoken to 500+ students at Young Life camps.
Young Life
Youth groups
Camp
MomCo
Women’s Events
The Table
Women Entrepreneurs
Women’s Events
Moms
Event History
Young Life Camps — WyldLife Middle School & High School
500+ students · Domestic & International
Trace Church — Women's Retreat
125 women · Weekend retreat
MomCo Gatherings — Greater Colorado Springs Area
Multiple engagements
Nonprofit Fundraiser Keynote Speaker
Local Young Life Areas
Let Him Lead Retreat — Host & Speaker
Women's retreat · Colorado Springs
The Table — Monthly Women's Entrepreneurship Gathering
Recurring · Colorado Springs
Church Discipleship Classes & Women's Events
Various · Greater Colorado Springs Area
As Heard On
The Boundless Show · Ep. 898
Your Life Tells a Story
On one of the most-listened Christian podcasts for young adults, Dani joined the roundtable to talk about the power of personal testimony — why so many believers feel awkward sharing their faith, and practical ways to craft your story so others actually want to hear it.
April 2025 · 56 min → Listen on Spotify
By Words: Honest Faith Talks · Ep. 200
What Does God Want Me to Do? Following Jesus When Your Calling Feels Unclear
For the woman asking "What does God want from me?" — especially in work, motherhood, or ministry. Dani talks about finding your calling without striving, and why the hidden, ordinary seasons are where purpose is actually formed.
December 2025 · 43 min → Listen on Spotify
The Middle Space by Salt & Arrows
Navigating Early Exposure, Online Pressure, and Real-Life Conversations
A conversation for parents navigating the digital world with their kids. Dani brings grounded wisdom on how to stay calm, stay connected, and have conversations that protect identity without producing shame.
March 2026 · 42 min → Listen on Spotify
Deeply Rooted Podcast · 5 Episodes
The True Story Series — A recurring guest
Dani appeared five times on Deeply Rooted, walking through the full arc of the True Story framework — Innocence, Tragedy, Hero, Restoration — and what it means to live out your calling in Christ.
Telling Our True Story | January 2025 · 50 min Listen →
True Story: Innocence | March 2025 · 41 min Listen →
True Story: Tragedy | March 2025 · 44 min Listen →
True Story: Hero | March 2025 · 38 min Listen →
Live Wholly. Walk Boldly. | March 2025 · 28 min Listen →
Kingdom Life Coaching · Ep. 74
How to Understand Your Story So You Can Connect Others to Jesus
Practical guidance for sharing faith through personal story — especially with Gen Z and pre-believers. Dani shares her own journey away from and back to faith, and what she's learned about curiosity as a doorway to connection.
August 2024 · 57 min → Listen on Spotify
Impact Stories
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Dani loves speaking at events where the goal is transformation, not just inspiration.
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Dani speaks at churches, retreats, camps, nonprofit events, and women's gatherings — locally in Colorado Springs and beyond.