“Tragedy always moves our story forward in a way shalom could never accomplish.” — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done. — Dan B. Allender Courage Copy Share Image
To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act. — Dan B. Allender Dream Copy Share Image
It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory. — Dan B. Allender Design Copy Share Image
“But the part of ourselves we hate the most is our longing to be wanted and enjoyed.” — Dan B. Allender Hate Copy Share Image
Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain. — Dan B. Allender Challenges Copy Share Image
“The Sabbath is a party, and what is a good party without a drinking song? Almost all the early John Wesley hymns… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
If we want to create a different future, we must have the courage to look at the past. — Dan B. Allender Courage Copy Share Image
“Joy must be chosen, but the deeper conundrum is that it can't be controlled or cajoled as to when it will come… — Dan B. Allender Conundrum Copy Share Image
One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone. — Dan B. Allender Challenges Copy Share Image
“If we enter our story in heartache, we will hear the whisper of the name that will one day be ours.” — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer. — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“We will never know Sabbath delight unless God delivers us from drowning in the noise and grime of our soiled days.” — Dan B. Allender Sabbath Copy Share Image
“A new story begins the moment an old one ends. But a denouement is a respite that calls us to stop the… — Dan B. Allender Denouement Copy Share Image
The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to… — Dan B. Allender Back doors Copy Share Image
Bold love is courageously setting aside our personal agenda to move humbly into the world of others with their well-being in view,… — Dan B. Allender Agendas Copy Share Image
“Desire lies at the heart of who God made us to be, who we are at our core. Desire is both our… — Dan B. Allender Beauty Copy Share Image
A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional… — Dan B. Allender Authority Copy Share Image
“The only parameter that is to guide our Sabbath is delight. Will this be merely a break or a joy? Will this… — Dan B. Allender Delight Copy Share Image
Beginning with the first day of life outside the womb, every child is asking two core questions: 'Am I loved?' and 'Can… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle… — Dan B. Allender Allies Copy Share Image
“A denouement is not a complete or fully resolved ending but a satisfying closure to a story. [in French translates 'an untying,… — Dan B. Allender Denouement Copy Share Image
“We are not to work on the Sabbath because it takes us out of the play of joy. It is as bizarre… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
“Too often we think sharing our weaknesses will cause us to lose respect. We think making our weaknesses know will cause us… — Dan B. Allender Authenticity Copy Share Image
“A gift that has the power to change us awakens a part of the soul. But we cannot receive the gift until… — Dan B. Allender Gift Copy Share Image
Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do… — Dan B. Allender Abstract Copy Share Image
“We're in the presence of a good story when the flaw that shatters shalom is also the doorway to redemption... Whether it… — Dan B. Allender Bible Copy Share Image
God wants us to relieve suffering, pursue justice, facilitate reconciliation, and free the heart to love, but He desires for us to… — Dan B. Allender Character Copy Share Image
“We are to free the slaves because we were once slaves. Sabbath is a remembrance of the stale bondage of Egypt and… — Dan B. Allender Freedom Copy Share Image
“One of our greatest failures in our busy, driven culture is that we don't celebrate the temporary untying of a complex narrative...What… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls. — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star. — Dan B. Allender North star Copy Share Image
To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead. — Dan B. Allender Brokenness Copy Share Image
“Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.” — Dan B. Allender Hope Copy Share Image
Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender. — Dan B. Allender Dependency Copy Share Image
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