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What comes after “help” matters most
How often do you feel helpful in relation to other people? How often do you feel helpless instead? And why does that even matter? I like...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 5, 20214 min read


DOES SUPPRESSION WORK?
You may have heard or read words such as “voter suppression” or “cancel culture” spoken or written within our public discourse in recent...

Dan Held Ministries
May 30, 20215 min read


UNTIL DEATH WE DO PART?
So one week from today Sue and I will celebrate 54 years of marriage. Got “hitched,” as we said back then, at the ripe old age of 20 on...

Dan Held Ministries
May 17, 20214 min read


Easter Renewal
In this ongoing season of Easter, it’s time for me to unearth my website once again and actually post something on my blog page. You...

Dan Held Ministries
Apr 25, 20214 min read


The Unanswered Prayer of Jesus?
Have you ever had a prayer go unanswered? That is with a “yes” answer, as you trusted would happen? If not, did you question your own...

Dan Held Ministries
Feb 3, 20214 min read


Looking for a good 6-week Lenten small group study?
“Redeeming Gethsemane relates real life experiences to scripture to overcome loneliness and challenges us to wake up and live out the Gospe

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 23, 20212 min read


Treating Trauma Together (part 2)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: “a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 11, 20216 min read


Treating Trauma Together
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: “a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 10, 20215 min read


Is God a Humanist?
Humanism. Per Wikipedia, “Humanism is a philosophy or a way of thinking about the world. Humanism is a set of ethics or ideas about how...

Dan Held Ministries
Jan 2, 20214 min read


A MERRY "little" CHRISTMAS
The year was 1944. Christmas. The United States alone was well on its way to 419,400 total deaths from World War II with more than...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 25, 20202 min read


Feeling like Christmas this year?
How are you doing right now? That’s right. YOU. How are YOU doing right now? If you’re reading this, there is a fair chance you’re not...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 23, 20202 min read


The Other Lazarus
Jesus and Lazarus. What enters your mind when you hear these two names together? How about the story often told nearer to the celebration...

Dan Held Ministries
Dec 16, 20203 min read


My own post-election concession speech
First of all, I’d like to thank all of the American people who voted in this year’s election. We have apparently turned out in record...

Dan Held Ministries
Nov 5, 20204 min read


Hiding Behind Chainsaws
It’s the televised Geico insurance ad that refuses to die. If you’ve not seen it by now, then you’ve done a wondrous job of avoiding...

Dan Held Ministries
Oct 25, 20203 min read


Putting away my sword
Ever wonder why folks on the other side won’t listen to us? I do. As a Jesus-follower whose every effort to understand the biblical...

Dan Held Ministries
Sep 26, 20205 min read


When Love informs our decisions, then what?
Are all of our decisions in life based on loving considerations? Yours might be, but I must admit that mine are not. Not all of my...

Dan Held Ministries
Sep 21, 20204 min read


Conservative or Liberal?
Here's something to think about on this Labor Day weekend of 2020. One way of discerning between liberal and conservative values in...

Dan Held Ministries
Sep 5, 20201 min read


Protesters vs. rioters
The American divide today is a crisis many in my country would prefer to ignore. Or at least not talk about. Many seem to believe that if...

Dan Held Ministries
Aug 29, 20203 min read


God’s second commandment vs. America’s second amendment
Jesus said, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’e 38This is the first and greatest...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 20, 20203 min read


It's time to deal with issues of public health, public safety, and public education
Which do you value more in your own mind, the welfare of all or the welfare of yourself? Is it better to get service for yourself, or to...

Dan Held Ministries
Jul 11, 20203 min read
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