Maestro. A word-picture I’ve been using lately is Maestro. It speaks to my passion to bring people together to impact others. This is Gustavo Dudamel, one of the best. Notice the storm within.

Turning it all off The other day I said to a 22year old USC student, “you can see it on my Facebook”, she said “I deleted my Facebook, all the people I want to talk to are close by, I see them all the time, if we want to talk, I just call them”. Wow.

The Practice of the Better – Christmas Eve For the past 20 years I’ve put on Christmas Eve services, I must say I’ve done some beautiful ones. One year, I remember filling the lobby with four distinct images that told the story of Jesus. My favorite one was a black and white picture of a

These days it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, like you’re not doing enough. Christmas shopping, projects, holiday parties, just the day to day stuff, it all can seem overwhelming. I’m feeling it. But this morning when I saw the new sod on our backyard, the two simple palm trees, the new fence, the red mahogany stain,

The other day a friend said to me “you judge me!”, I told him, “I don’t judge you, I love you. I think there’s more for you than this but I don’t judge you”, because remember, “there is no J in David!” Hah…. You can use that if you’d like. You’re welcome.

I’ve always worked out. I remember lifting weights on the steps of our apartment when I was 15 years old. I got in the best shape of my life at age 38, lost a ton of weight (40lbs) and was lifting 5-6xs a week. I did it by following Body-For-Life for 6 months which basically