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
“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
Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender. — Dan B. Allender Dependency Copy Share Image
If you are a leader, it is not possible to be at peace with all and friends with everyone. — Dan B. Allender Challenges Copy Share Image
A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power. — Dan B. Allender Inspirational Copy Share Image
For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls. — Dan B. Allender Fall 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
“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
“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 Joy 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
“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 Joy 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
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 Given 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
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
“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
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 triggering event and resulting shame is worse than being rejected because rejection assumes a path by which to return to acceptability.… — Dan B. Allender Guilt Copy Share Image
“In every story, in every life, there are moments of death that take away our name and rename us as strangers, orphans… — Dan B. Allender Death Copy Share Image
“Shalom is shattered by sin, by the intrusion of a lie, a distortion of the truth that mars the pleasure of being… — Dan B. Allender Shalom 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 Another day 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
Elizabeth Turnage is a woman of grit and grace who lives into the stories of those who join her in this odd… — Dan B. Allender Book 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
“What might it look like if we lived as if we will not be endlessly divided from those who have brought us… — Dan B. Allender Divided Copy Share Image
You may obey a leader who has power and authority, but you will not strive to serve her or the cause of… — Dan B. Allender Authority Copy Share Image
“The damage done through abuse is awful and heinous, but minor compared to the dynamics that distort the victim’s relationship with God… — Dan B. Allender Abuse Copy Share Image
“To enter the realm of play, we must give ourselves to something or someone and turn away from all else. It is… — Dan B. Allender Betrayal Copy Share Image
The more we walk the path first while becoming last and least in our organizations, the more we become like the Alpha… — Dan B. Allender Alpha Copy Share Image
The sole reason to serve as a Christian is Jesus, yet He is easily lost in the various activities that consume our… — Dan B. Allender Activity Copy Share Image
Idealism may get us into the fray, but it is the loss of all we cherish that begins to form in us… — Dan B. Allender Capable Copy Share Image
“The Sabbath is not a vacation; it is a grateful celebration. Who are you celebrating? To whom do you owe your life,… — Dan B. Allender Celebrating Copy Share Image
Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes place in… — Dan B. Allender Acknowledgement Copy Share Image
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