“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
“(from chapter 3, "What Makes A Good Story?") "Our willingness to hold dear the moments of past shalom prepares us to imagine… — Dan B. Allender Better day Copy Share Image
“Tragedy always moves our story forward in a way shalom could never accomplish.” — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory. — Dan B. Allender Design Copy Share Image
Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain. — Dan B. Allender Challenges Copy Share Image
Stories don't give answers, but they do offer perspective. — Dan B. Allender Answers 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 John wesley 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
Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer. — Dan B. Allender Bones 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
“Jesus, the fullness of God and man, is the full perfection of humanity, and he calls us to a humanity that is… — Dan B. Allender Fullness Copy Share Image
In order to reclaim the joy and passion of leadership, we must walk the valley of the shadow of death and name… — Dan B. Allender Cost Copy Share Image
Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it. — Dan B. Allender Christ Copy Share Image
“Abundance is not about possession; it is utterly, completely, and solely about gratitude.” — Dan B. Allender Abundance 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
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 Answers Copy Share Image
“But if we honestly name the passionate desires of our heart, and if we risk seeing those desires come to be, the… — Dan B. Allender Desire Copy Share Image
“Speed is the ultimate defense, the antidote to stopping and really looking. If we really saw what we were doing and who… — Dan B. Allender Faster Copy Share Image
“The shattering [of shalom] moves us from a place of shalom to a place that is harsh and unrelenting. The shattering brings… — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
“It is not wrong to petition God on the Sabbath, but the heart of the Sabbath is to delight in all he… — Dan B. Allender Prayer Copy Share Image
“We live in a day when our sense are so dull that we need extreme sports, bingeing, or dangerous pastimes to give… — Dan B. Allender Extreme sports Copy Share Image
“...you can be assured that the inciting events call for you to sacrifice your comfort and ease in order for your story… — Dan B. Allender False-self 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 Chore Copy Share Image
“In those moments of unnaming when we have lost ourselves, we must remember to return to our past redemptions to find God's… — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
“So we grow up in a sea of stories told in a way that fits what we want others to know about… — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to… — Dan B. Allender Decision Copy Share Image
The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of… — Dan B. Allender Arise Copy Share Image
“Action is never enough if defined as eradicating the problem. Action is always enough if it is faithful to the call of… — Dan B. Allender Action Copy Share Image
Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other. — Dan B. Allender Degrading Copy Share Image
“It is not presumptuous to ask, 'What is it that you see in me that brings you delight?” — Dan B. Allender Delight Copy Share Image
The cost for the recipient of God’s grace is nothing, and no price could be higher for arrogant people to pay. — Dan B. Allender Arrogant Copy Share Image
Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of… — Dan B. Allender Challenges Copy Share Image
“Our story will gain momentum and depth only to the degree that we honestly embrace both loss and fear.” — Dan B. Allender False-self Copy Share Image
Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality. — Dan B. Allender Character Copy Share Image
“God is not bound by time, nor is our story. We desperately want our situation to be solved. We want resolution. But,… — Dan B. Allender Desire Copy Share Image
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