Hi, I'm Daniel. I was born and raised in San Francisco. I live in Redding, CA now. I love to travel, eat, and spend time with friends. God is my best friend. This blog is about how I see life and God. In my relationship with God, I seem to learn more about His heart towards myself, His bride, and the world. Things I blog about are the inner workings of my journey with God.
I don’t have very many pet peeves, but this one certainly has been a painful one. What pet peeve could possibly strike every wrong chord in my body? People who say they just want to do what God wants them to do. This group also includes those who say they’re asking God about what to [...]
I’ve always been a proponent of faithfulness, but it’s extremely hard to evaluate yourself during the process of faithfulness. Why? Because you always feel like you’re in the middle, dead on center of it. When good things DO happen to you, you wonder what you’ll be stewarding next. It’s the classic Joseph story. He went [...]
There are so many things in life that get us wound up. It can be work, relationships, family, life, or even the future. With everything constantly coming our way, it’s nearly impossible to get a real sense of the bigger picture. Why do we do the things that we do? What is the bigger picture [...]
I’m not a big proponent of taking things out of context. I try to stay as close to the original meaning of the text as I can. After saying that, I feel like there are things in my head that I just can’t shake because the Scriptures to me feel more organic and alive than [...]
Not a big long post this week… just a thought… Fear doesn’t just rob a person of their destiny, fear also robs everyone from an experience with that person if he/she hadn’t been afraid in the first place.
I was happy to be in a conversation the other night with some school of ministry graduates. They had moved on to really exciting places and in my opinion, had great opportunities in front of them. But they complained about how Bethel had ruined them… how they weren’t happy with the community around them… how [...]
It doesn’t happen very often, but there are moments in my life where I reflect on where I’m headed, what I’m doing today, and who I am. In those moments, I realize that there are things that I want to fix and adjust. I see personal growth as long term investing in my future. It [...]
I was recruited to run one part of a relay in a marathon yesterday and today was the big day. I don’t know if you know much about me, but I am not a runner. In fact, I struggled with obesity most of my life and have never ever “enjoyed” running. I could run for [...]
If the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome, then I’ve been living in insanity. I just love times of personal growth because I get to reach a new level of my walk with God. I recently was told to read a book that really [...]
This is part two to my big picture post. As a short recap, I talked about how we were enslaved to sin, but Jesus came to set us free. And the process of learning how not to be a slave anymore was the journey we all are on (it’s also known as working out your [...]
