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GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA?
Gun control in America is an unsolvable problem. So why even read on about what I might have to say about the issue of gun violence here...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 24, 20235 min read


JESUS VS. BARABBAS
Maybe you know the story. Jesus was on trial in Jerusalem of Judea. Pontius Pilate, the Judean Governor, heard the complaint. Jesus...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 5, 20233 min read


ON FACING MY IMPENDING HEART SURGERY
It’s going to happen four weeks from today. But who’s counting? It seems my heart has been broken. Literally. The chords supporting...

Dan Held Ministries
Mar 13, 20235 min read


GIVING IT UP FOR LENT
You may or may not be a Christian. I’m not here to judge you! If you are a Christian, you may or may not observe what the Christian...

Dan Held Ministries
Feb 27, 20236 min read


Who “gets” you the best?
So be honest. How are you really feeling about your own life most days? And who else in your life comes closest to understanding how it...

Dan Held Ministries
Feb 13, 20235 min read


FROM TRAUMA TO TRIUMPH
Do you ever take a look at your own life and ask “why?” If so, welcome to the human race. It’s something we all do. Especially when...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 29, 20234 min read


HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
Back in the summer of 1964 as the Democratic National Convention neared, President Lyndon B. Johnson was afraid of Dr. Martin Luther...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 15, 20233 min read


GETTING AHEAD WITHOUT FALLING APART
Happy New Year! And now what? It is rare for my clients in counseling to approach a first session with me not having at least a little...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 2, 20234 min read


WAITING IN THE WRONG LINE
So don’t tell me. If I’m the only one who ever stood in line for something to find, after awhile of wasted time, that I was not actually...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 18, 20223 min read


A NEW FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
Currier & Ives was America's longest running print establishment, publishing over seven-thousand images covering a span of seventy-three...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 3, 20223 min read


WHY DO WE HATE US?
After America’s tragic terrorist attacks of 2001, many Americans were inclined to ask the question, “Why do they hate us?” “They” being...

Dan Held Ministries
Nov 23, 20225 min read


WHAT MOST AMERICANS STILL HAVE IN COMMON
So our American mid-term elections are now mostly over. Now what? Well, for one thing, we pretty much stay the same as we were before...

Dan Held Ministries
Nov 13, 20224 min read


THE ELEPHANT IN AMERICA'S ROOM
Try counting all of the many “divides” in today’s United States of America. It may take you awhile. In my 76 years here I’ve never seen...

Dan Held Ministries
Oct 17, 20223 min read


"What we have here is a failure to communicate."
I have a few old classic movie scenes and lines that are impossible for me to forget, even if I wanted to do so. One that stands out in...

Dan Held Ministries
Aug 22, 20223 min read


WHITHER UNITED METHODISTS?
Some of you who have been so kind as to follow my blog are also inclined to follow in the news some recent happenings within the United...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 27, 20226 min read


PARTNERING WITH GOD
My wife and I have a unique partnership. For these 55 years of our marriage, she has tended to most things indoors and I’ve tended to...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 18, 20223 min read


WHERE IS SOCRATES WHEN WE NEED HIM?
The Greek philosopher, Socrates, as you may know, was sentenced to death in the year 399 BCE for Impiety, which came down to this: he...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 11, 20223 min read


DO YOU THINK THERE'S A BAND?
“I always think there’s a band, kid.” -- Professor Harold Hill It may be the most American of musicals ever produced on the big stage...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 24, 20223 min read


WHO IS JESUS?
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 20, 20224 min read


SO WHAT IS AMERICA'S PROBLEM?
By now, most Americans not buried under a rock somewhere have become informed about the use of military rifles by two 18 year old...

Dan Held Ministries
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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