Author Archives: dideker

Yesterday was the annual celebration of Mother’s Day. Surely it is another of those days that was cooked up by the Hallmark company to sell greeting cards. The fact is the day has it’s origins back in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe (writer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”) started the idea of aContinue reading “Memories of Mom”

So many things have changed in the past month. Life as we knew it might never again be the same. I started making a list of my favorite annual events that have either been postponed or cancelled due to the virus. The Kentucky Derby, postponed until September. The Indy 500, might be run in August.Continue reading “It’s a New World but the Promise Remains the Same. It All Comes Down to Easter!”

Everyone has their own perspective on the pandemic and its impact. A lot of people try to use some sort of benchmark to compare it against – WWI, WWII, the Spanish Flu in 1918, SARS in 2002, it goes on and on. We hear the term, “tyranny of comparison.” For whatever reason we always wantContinue reading “Faith or Panic?”

Flatirons, the church Terrie and I attend in Colorado, started a new series yesterday entitled “Famous Last Words”. Part of the service schedule at Flatirons is to sort of warm up the congregation with a 2 minute audio/video presentation about the current series. The presentation for “Famous Last Words” included images of famous historical figuresContinue reading “Famous Last Words”

I was sitting in Bible study this morning listening to the presenter talk about what the Bible has to say in Ephesians 1. There were 12 guys sitting around the table and the conversation moved toward the need for discipleship and how the church has failed to emphasize how critical discipleship is to the longContinue reading “You Have an Estate Plan”

One thing we all discover is the older we get the faster things seem to go. This time of year a very common phrase is, “I can’t believe Christmas is here again.” When you are 5 years old it can’t get here quick enough. When you are 40 years old it seems like it happensContinue reading “Christmas Again?”

November 11, 2019 So, it’s October 27, 2019 and I am sitting at my desk on a snowy Sunday morning trying to motivate myself to get into my workout room. The Bronco game comes on at 11:00 but the thought of watching them isn’t much motivation these days. The past week has been difficult, myContinue reading “Do You Know Them?”

“Legacy is not what we leave behind but what we launch.” I have been really blessed to have several young men who have asked me to come alongside them in their life journey. We have spent time together sharing stories about our fathers, our siblings, our spouses our significant others, our work, our dreams andContinue reading “God, Love, Life, Lessons”