In 2 Samuel 1 we see David dealing with grief and loss when Saul dies.  Almost half of the Psalms, many written by David, are Psalms of LAMENT.What does grieving well look like? - If we live in denial of death, we cann...

Are we pursuing what is good, beautiful, and true in our lives?  In 1 Samuel 25, we see Nabal, an independent, self-made and self-interested man reject a request for generosity, insulting David.  David doesn’t take i...

Maybe the comfort and security that we all crave is actually spiritually dangerous for us. In 1 Samuel 24:4-7, we see David in a cave in the wilderness of En Gedi showing great restraint and honor to Saul when it would have been so...

In 1 Samuel 17:57- 18:5, we see David go from a solitary man to a man with a friend. Today's technology has us more connected than ever but at the same time, we have become more isolated than ever before.  We are experiencing ...

In the story of David and Goliath, we see that fear had become the common currency of Israel.  They become immobilized by the taunts of a single man.  Enter David.  Eugene Peterson says of Israel- they have a "failure of imaginat...