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So you’re a dad, and part of your “daddly chores” is dropping your 7 year-old daughter off at dance class. She takes two classes back to back, so you drop off and mom picks her up later.
“Remember she wants you to stay and watch her. Just stick around a while before you leave,” my…
Last Friday night, I took my wife out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. The kids were at a Parent’s Night Out event, so we were finally on our own again. That doesn’t happen often enough for us, still raising two little girls now in our 50s.
After a great dinner, we took a…
The gales of wind howled through the trees outside the old cabin. Smoke rose from the chimney as the old man ate his humble soup safely inside. His weathered hands were still steady, having stacked the wood by the cabin walls that would surely last the winter’s full duration. It’s a good thing he had.…
There’s a certain odd hush that comes upon a town at Christmas Eve.
It’s not that people aren’t still working — those days when everyone got off work for Christmas are gone. But a calm still descends as families gather, and the majority of stores shut off their lights and workers head home.
That’s the…
“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland...” - Isaiah 43:19
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As I wrote in The Seven Surprises, following God will lead us directly into acts of "strategic recklessness" and go on new adventures with God. Sometimes, God will lead us away from complacent paths and send us off-roading a while.
It indeed appears God may be asking us to dream once again and go off…
Thanks for your overwhelming response to our first printing of THE SEVEN SURPRISES. Our first printing was completely sold out in a week!
A second printing is complete. New copies are available from Dave personally, or at our AMAZON PAGE in ebook or hard copy formats.
When God creates, he does so out of nothing.
And when God comes through for you in your life, you hardly ever see it coming. God will meet your needs in the most unexpected ways.
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There’s a certain sacredness when the house is dark and everyone else is asleep.
I stay up past everyone in my home most nights. I rarely go to bed early. I’ve chalked this up to creative temperament for years, but now I think it's something more.
My feelings and spirit are reaching out past me…
I love to ride my bike here in Florida, especially in the winter months when it’s not quite so humid.
When I’m feeling especially daring, I'll take off peddling toward my office located 7 miles away from my home. It’s a bit fatiguing, but exhilarating as well. I’ve found the shortest path to get back…
Our dream house was a 120-year old 3-story Victorian home. It was just a few blocks away from one of the loveliest parks in the city and the same distance from the church I pastored. I could literally walk to work, and did so on many mornings. How convenient!
Unlike the other brick houses that…