by David Delp | Apr 16, 2017 | Spiritual Life, Uncategorized
Sometimes I ask myself the question, “Why do I believe in God?” I have doubts like everyone else, but I always come back to one simple reason. Here is my journal entry from this Easter Sunday morning. I decided I wanted to share it with you.
He is risen… he is risen indeed!
I woke up earlier this morning and felt the presence of Abba.
So much confusion in my life, so many things I do not understand, so many centuries and even millennia of speculation and prophets defining who God is.
Who is God? Is he real? Questions I ponder as often as anyone else.
Why do I believe in God?
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by David Delp | Apr 13, 2017 | Grief & Disappointment, Joyful Living, Podcast Episodes, Uncategorized
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Life doesn’t always turn out the way we hope it will, but life is a great adventure to be lived out and enjoyed. How do we step into our great adventure? This episode of the Calibrate Life podcast was recorded canal side in Venice, Italy as David and Donna talk about six life calibration decisions necessary for stepping into our great life adventure.
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by David Delp | Mar 23, 2017 | Joyful Living, Podcast Episodes, Uncategorized
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Emotional calibration is important for leaders. One of the best ways to re-calibrate emotionally is by taking a break and doing something you enjoy. Making a commitment to joyful living means sometimes taking the time to enjoy life. In this episode of Calibrate Life we discuss the emotional health of spiritual leaders and the necessity of just having fun, and doing something you enjoy to refresh yourself.
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by David Delp | Mar 2, 2017 | Joyful Living, Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Uncategorized
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We have to have right and positive thinking before we can live, lead, and love the way God intended. In this episode of the Calibrate Life Podcast, David and Donna talk about calibrating our thinking to lift ourselves and to coach and mentor those we love and lead. If you think negatively, you will get negative results, but if you cultivate right thinking, you will realize God-possibilities.
Neither of us subscribe to a “positive thinking” theology, but neither do we anchor in a negative theology. Our thinking has to be positively calibrated before we can pursue a life of joy and live, lead, and love the way God intended. When we embrace reality from a positive perspective, it calibrates us for a powerful life and ministry.
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by David Delp | Dec 26, 2016 | Joyful Living, Leadership, Spiritual Life, Uncategorized
I am a prophetic being. Not the kind that can tell the future, but I do usually know the next step, the next creative step issued by the heartbeat of the Father, and I lean into that.
I think you know your next step too!
Sometimes we feel it should be different. We sometimes feel we should have all the details before moving forward. About all that gets you is stuck. This is a paradigm shift for me. I was the guy who wanted everything mapped out. Now, I try to simply take “next steps” and see where they lead me. I look for open doors and step through the ones I feel are right. I shrug at closed doors and (more…)
