Dave W. Jacobs
@dave-w-jacobs.bsky.social
Former Pastor, Author, Pastoral Coach specializing in smaller churches, Church Consultant, Founder of Small Church Pastor Inc. www.smallchurchpastor.com
If I were looking for God, every event and every moment would sow, in my will, grains of his life, that would spring up one day in a tremendous harvest. (Thomas Merton)
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If I were looking for God, every event and every moment would sow, in my will, grains of his life, that would spring up one day in a tremendous harvest. (Thomas Merton)
Just started: 1) From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks, 2) Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, 3) All You Need is Love, the Beatles in their own words by Peter Brown & Steven Gaines.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just started: 1) From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks, 2) Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton, 3) All You Need is Love, the Beatles in their own words by Peter Brown & Steven Gaines.
Historybook: Rock star Ozzy Osbourne born (1948); Actress Julianne Moore born (1960); First human heart transplant carried out (1967); Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush declare end to Cold War (1989); Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks dies (2000).
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Historybook: Rock star Ozzy Osbourne born (1948); Actress Julianne Moore born (1960); First human heart transplant carried out (1967); Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush declare end to Cold War (1989); Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks dies (2000).
3 coaching calls today: 2 Vineyard, 1 Nondenom.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
3 coaching calls today: 2 Vineyard, 1 Nondenom.
4 coaching calls today: 1 UMC, 1 Vineyard, 1 United Church of Canada, 1 Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
4 coaching calls today: 1 UMC, 1 Vineyard, 1 United Church of Canada, 1 Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
Historybook: First moving assembly line introduced by Ford Motor Company (1913); Rosa Parks arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat (1955); Author and activist James Baldwin dies (1987); World AIDS Day commemorated for first time (1988).
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Historybook: First moving assembly line introduced by Ford Motor Company (1913); Rosa Parks arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat (1955); Author and activist James Baldwin dies (1987); World AIDS Day commemorated for first time (1988).
Historybook: "Chronicles of Narnia" author CS Lewis born (1898); Warren Commission is established to investigate President Kennedy's assassination (1963); Social activist Dorothy Day dies (1980); The Beatles guitarist George Harrison dies (2001).
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Historybook: "Chronicles of Narnia" author CS Lewis born (1898); Warren Commission is established to investigate President Kennedy's assassination (1963); Social activist Dorothy Day dies (1980); The Beatles guitarist George Harrison dies (2001).
3 coaching calls today: 1 Vineyard, 1 lay pastor, 1 former pastor who is a leadership coach and church consultant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
3 coaching calls today: 1 Vineyard, 1 lay pastor, 1 former pastor who is a leadership coach and church consultant.
Prayer is sometimes a refusing to accept things as they are, and daring to believe God for what could be.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Prayer is sometimes a refusing to accept things as they are, and daring to believe God for what could be.
Historybook: Abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies (1883); National Hockey League founded (1917); "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz born (1922); Archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter King Tut's tomb (1922); Singer and actress Tina Turner born (1939).
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Historybook: Abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies (1883); National Hockey League founded (1917); "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz born (1922); Archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter King Tut's tomb (1922); Singer and actress Tina Turner born (1939).
Nearly 82 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more over Thanksgiving weekend this year. About 73 million plan to hit the road by car, while close to 6 million will fly.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nearly 82 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more over Thanksgiving weekend this year. About 73 million plan to hit the road by car, while close to 6 million will fly.
Mile Wide, Inch Deep: Experiencing God Beyond the Shallows, Soul Care for Busy Pastors and the Rest of Us On Amazon!
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Mile Wide, Inch Deep: Experiencing God Beyond the Shallows, Soul Care for Busy Pastors and the Rest of Us On Amazon!
Historybook: Businessman Andrew Carnegie born (1835); Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” opens, becomes longest-running play in history (1952); John F. Kennedy Jr. born (1960); Author Upton Sinclair dies (1968); Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies (2016).
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Historybook: Businessman Andrew Carnegie born (1835); Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” opens, becomes longest-running play in history (1952); John F. Kennedy Jr. born (1960); Author Upton Sinclair dies (1968); Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies (2016).
4 coaching calls today: 1 nondenom, 1 retired pastor, 2 Vineyard pastors.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
4 coaching calls today: 1 nondenom, 1 retired pastor, 2 Vineyard pastors.
Historybook: Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” published (1859); Lee Harvey Oswald is shot and killed just two days after assassinating President Kennedy (1963); Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies (1991); “Brady Bunch” actress Florence Henderson dies (2016).
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Historybook: Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” published (1859); Lee Harvey Oswald is shot and killed just two days after assassinating President Kennedy (1963); Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies (1991); “Brady Bunch” actress Florence Henderson dies (2016).
Embracing your weakness, does not mean you are a weakling, nor a doormat.
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Embracing your weakness, does not mean you are a weakling, nor a doormat.
Historybook: Author Jack London dies (1916); Tennis star and social activist Billie Jean King born (1943); President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963); Author C.S. Lewis dies (1963); British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces resignation after 11 years (1990).
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Historybook: Author Jack London dies (1916); Tennis star and social activist Billie Jean King born (1943); President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963); Author C.S. Lewis dies (1963); British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces resignation after 11 years (1990).
Focus on what is necessary and don’t allow your attention to be divided by many distractions.
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Focus on what is necessary and don’t allow your attention to be divided by many distractions.
One way I want to show appreciation to God for his generosity to me is to show generosity to others.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One way I want to show appreciation to God for his generosity to me is to show generosity to others.
Times of retreat and reflection provide the distance necessary for objectivity and reality.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Times of retreat and reflection provide the distance necessary for objectivity and reality.
3 coaching calls today: 1 Vineyard, 1 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and 1 nondenom.
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
3 coaching calls today: 1 Vineyard, 1 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and 1 nondenom.
Historybook: US Sen. Robert F. Kennedy born (1925); Former President Joe Biden born (1942); Nuremberg trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin (1945); Actress Bo Derek born (1956); Microsoft Windows 1.0 released (1985).
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Historybook: US Sen. Robert F. Kennedy born (1925); Former President Joe Biden born (1942); Nuremberg trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin (1945); Actress Bo Derek born (1956); Microsoft Windows 1.0 released (1985).
God wants to come close, very close, so close that we can rest in the intimacy of God as children in their mother’s arms. (Henri Nouwen)
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
God wants to come close, very close, so close that we can rest in the intimacy of God as children in their mother’s arms. (Henri Nouwen)