tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39310613467475959832024-03-14T03:16:00.278-05:00let the redeemed say so!What you do in your life will echo throughout eternity.Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.comBlogger493125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-73696849642656014852016-11-17T18:20:00.001-06:002020-12-14T10:34:59.191-06:00My Final Post Here
It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello.
Hello to a new adventure.
After over 500 posts, 28,000 views from over 25 different countries within an 8 year- period, it's time to move on to bigger adventures. I am looking forward to new beginnings with all of the talents God has blessed me with.
One of which will be my book Restoring Your Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-81274221857095120672016-11-10T07:00:00.000-06:002016-11-10T07:00:13.483-06:00So This Happened
"Peace begins with a smile."- Mother Teresa
This past week I spoke at a chapel service held at a posh retirement/rehab facility downtown in the city of Chicago. The chapel was a small room filled with stained glass windows, some were forms of art depicting the image of Jesus.
Along with my study on the subject of peace, I used some visual art of my own that resembled Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-41096084165620389612016-11-04T07:00:00.000-05:002016-11-04T07:00:34.043-05:00At Last!
Julie Andrews once said, "Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
For the Chicago Cubs however, the stats are much higher. For the Cubs it was failing 107 years and succeeding the 108th time, but's who's counting?!
When the Chicago Cubs finally delivered by winning the World Series and ending the longest drought in sports history, it reminded me of the 2004 World Series Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-71205381584912345912016-10-27T07:00:00.000-05:002016-10-27T07:00:04.567-05:00Memories: Past, Present, Future
"I've cried and I laughed. Laughing is a helluva lot better." - Glen Campbell
As a lifetime resident of the Chicago area and a Cubs fan these are exciting times. The Chicago Cubs finally making it to the World Series after 71 years is a dream come true. It has also been for me a whirlwind of memories in recent days, memories as a kid growing up and being a Cubs fan. Most of those years Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-4225359608962243492016-10-20T13:10:00.001-05:002016-10-20T13:10:42.071-05:00He Said What?
"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty." - Zig Ziglar
In a day and age where arrogance and selfishness has replaced honesty and integrity it was a heart warming moment between a ball player and umpire that has stirred our hearts today. Most baseball players use the tactic of intimidation versus umpires when it comes to Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-45941766157388002902016-10-13T17:05:00.003-05:002016-10-13T17:05:46.173-05:00Lost Art of Time
"Lost time is never found again." - Ben Franklin
Sometimes our peace and happiness depends on how much time we put into it. At a most recent sporting event, a thing called hockey, everyone in the crowd was filled with excitement and anticipation as this was to be the first game of the season. Well...not everyone was excited. The two guys sitting behind us Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-18292086290632644922016-10-06T07:00:00.000-05:002016-10-06T07:00:01.296-05:00A Cart Full of Joy
"Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy
and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you."
As I pulled into the grocery store parking lot the other day I saw a woman pushing and riding her shopping cart across the lot to her car. An overflowing abundance of joy lit up her face on this beautiful autumn afternoon.
Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-80044262331164921592016-09-29T11:04:00.002-05:002016-09-29T11:04:39.751-05:0087 or 24
"Well here it is, this is the end, you can go on or you can go back and do it again, but you have to do it the same way." - Arnold Palmer speaking on his retirement from professional golf.
While television began evolving more and more in 1960 so was the sport of golf thanks to Arnold Palmer. With his genuine respect for the game, the people who played and those that watched, PalmerPastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-35521672887474182182016-09-22T07:00:00.000-05:002016-09-26T12:51:14.427-05:00So this Happened
While quarterback Kaepernick and other athletes were taking a knee during the national anthem (fortunately Kaepernick has decided to get involved more instead of just protesting), and protests, looting, and rioting were going on in parts of America this week, this was also happening in one of Chicago's neighborhoods where the homeless live under the viaducts:
A Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-87956369184651912302016-09-15T07:00:00.000-05:002016-09-15T07:00:22.915-05:00Hero is a Verb
"I just rode up the elevator with five Brittney Spears and a sweaty Harry Potter!"
One of my favorite sitcoms of all-time is the TV show Frasier. If you've never saw this 90's comedy you can catch it on Netflix. The show is about an insecure, pompous psychologist named Frasier who hosts a radio program. He lives in a posh high rise apartment in downtown Seattle with his down-to-earth Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-86048489801914107842016-09-08T07:00:00.000-05:002016-09-08T07:00:02.624-05:00Dirty Harry vs. Tony Robbins
"Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever. Rather than letting failure overcome them and drain their resolve, they find a way to rise from the ashes." - Psychology Today
Imagine for a moment a scene where Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry mistakes self-help guru Tony Robbins as a criminal he is in hot pursuit Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-76599454902876485892016-09-01T07:00:00.000-05:002016-09-01T07:00:04.990-05:00Troll Once, Troll Twice, Troll....
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." - Mark Twain
Troll dolls were a huge toy fad in the 60's and then made a comeback in the mid- seventies which would last into the 90's. They were created by a Danish woodcutter named Thomas Dam.
Even though I never had one as a kid, both Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-23924185749167538402016-08-25T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-25T07:00:17.983-05:00The Original Coach K
Don't look back A new day is breakin' It's been too long since I felt this way I don't mind where I get taken The road is callin' Today is the day
- Don't Look Back, Boston
When you mention the name Coach K, most people associate it with legendary Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. But..back in the day my track and cross country Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-68770684481113220892016-08-20T09:30:00.000-05:002016-08-20T09:30:24.646-05:00Bolt n Monday
“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Within these 2016 Rio Olympics there has been some great human interest Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-56866992622915037782016-08-11T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-11T07:00:00.214-05:00Say What?
"Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation." - Mark Twain
Ah, yes, speaking words verbally...so much better than a text or email.
We have become a society of so little conversation, so little in fact that most of our conversations within the four walls of the same house are via text through our cell phones. But, speaking&Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-28919857976085611792016-08-04T07:00:00.000-05:002016-08-04T07:00:21.204-05:00What's The Deal With Art Anyhow?
Art Garfunkel? Art Carney? Art Linkletter? Art Fleming? Art Monk? Art Modell? Art Rooney?
What do all these men have in common? Nothing, except they're all named Art and are famous in a variety of culture. And that's what art is if you've ever been to an art museum.
On a recent visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum, my first time in a very long time in one of those, it reminded me of how Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-46891386871203491032016-07-27T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-27T07:00:00.146-05:00Only One Life Matters
This is probably one of the more heart-wrenching photos you will ever see.
This is the family of slain Baton Rouge police officer Mathew Gerald, who was ambushed with other law enforcement officers a couple weeks ago. There are no words to describe what this family or any of the other slain officers families are feeling today. And not only them, but for all of Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-10310580762764739782016-07-20T12:08:00.002-05:002016-07-20T12:10:52.719-05:00Garden Party
A student said to his master, "You teach me fighting, but you talk about peace. How do you reconcile the two?"
The master replied, "It is better to be a warrior in a garden than to be a gardener in a war."
A recent road trip with my buddy Brian led us to a war museum on 500 acres of land called Cantigny Park. I found it ironic that all around the outskirts of the museum that took you throughPastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-65134106673543014642016-07-11T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-11T10:01:52.530-05:00What's Really Going On
It was a mid-summer night last August and there we were, a bunch of white folk serving a hot meal to a bunch of African-American folk in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the inner city of Chicago. On most Monday nights this would be the normal for us working with the Night Ministry, but this night was different.
On this particular night 300 miles away in Ferguson Missouri, there werePastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-12123093861600227112016-07-07T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-07T07:00:15.676-05:00A Simple Something
"Be Happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
One day last week while driving through the neighborhood in the morning, I drove past a neighborhood park and spotted a kid on a swing, swinging as high as she could go. What's so unusual about this, you may ask?
Well, for starters it was an early 9am. There was no one else in the park at that time. And the kid was actually a Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-28169028763972268252016-06-30T09:38:00.003-05:002016-06-30T09:38:56.756-05:00The Lost Art of Obedience
"A boy can learn a lot from his dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down."
One day while exiting a store I saw a woman entering the store while scolding her crying son. Umm, maybe I should rephrase that scolding part because it was more like threatening her 8-year old boy.
"If you don't quit your crying and misbehaving&Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-66212786252605070802016-06-23T11:41:00.001-05:002016-06-23T15:39:06.503-05:00Rainy Day Sunshine
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." - Mark Twain
In the movie A Country Called Home Cole and his younger sister Ellie live in LA, a far cry from growing up in a small Texas town. They have chosen to live their own lives apart from their drunken father, whom they haven't seen in years. One day Ellie gets a call from her step-mother, whom she never met, Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-22837967940707568902016-06-16T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-16T07:00:05.252-05:00Sniff, Sniff
"Until you walk in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell."
And nor would you want to! Scent is the most powerful memory trigger and the reason is:
Scent cells are renewed every 30 to 60 days. The sense of smell is the only cranial nerve (nerves that emerge from the brain and control bodily functions including eye movement, hearing, taste, and vision) that can regenerate.
Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-69429889136905755092016-06-09T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-09T07:00:09.495-05:00Stay Young or Die Trying
"Why shouldn't we go roller skating, Ralph? We're not that old.
"Face it Alice, the golden years are gone! We've hit the second plateau."
- Ralph and Alice Kramden, The Honeymooners
One of my favorite Honeymooners episodes is when Alice tries to convince Ralph to recapture their youth by going dancing and roller skating. And of course if your familiar with the characters, especially Ralph, Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931061346747595983.post-36348045281171535482016-06-02T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-02T07:00:00.161-05:00An Aha Moment
"Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." - Rose Kennedy
With only one cashier, the line in the small store got longer. Not only did the line get longer, it got quieter. So quiet you could hear a pin drop. Most of the time long lines just brings out frustration, anger, and a whole lot of heavy sighs. In this line everyone's mood or attitude disappeared; all in sync Pastor Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001237172208625834noreply@blogger.com0