Transformations and Whispers

By John A. Dalles

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

John and Anne - A Series

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It started with the photo of them by the ocean when they were in kindergarten and first grade... There are photos from each year.  Mos...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Remembering Lee M Belknap

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Yesterday Judy and I went to say farewell to a dear friend.  Lee M. Belknap was Judy's minister of music growing up at First Pre...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

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Zechariah 3:4 – There are ordinary days and there are special days.  On special days, we often wear party clothes; so that what we wear ref...
Friday, December 4, 2015

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1 Corinthians 11:32 – Discipline moves us from being awkward to being adept, at anything we do, especially daily living.  Permit God’s disc...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

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Pr 15:1  Find ways to make all of your speech and demeanor fit with this proverb.  Rid yourself of harsh words.  Find gentle words instea...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

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Ps 117:1 & 2  Today is an opportunity to praise the Lord.  Find ways to extol God and God’s great love for you.  This is a Wekivaword. ...
Friday, November 20, 2015

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Is 42:1-7  This is one of many passages in Isaiah that point to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Read it again and this time envision Christ serving ...
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John A. Dalles is a Presbyterian clergyman & hymn-writer. Most recently he was Interim Senior Minister of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. A graduate of Penn State, Lancaster Seminary (MDiv) & Pittsburgh Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has served First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, & Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. From 1997 through 2018, he was Senior Pastor of Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, FL. As a part of his ministry, Wekiva became the first church in the USA to present live webcasts of worship, a ministry inaugurated Sun, Jan. 2, 2005. Dalles is a writer of hymn texts. His hymns are published in hymnbooks in the USA, Canada and Australia. He has published three books of hymns, COME, O SPIRIT, SWIFT CURRENTS AND STILL WATERS, and WE TURN TO GOD. His hymn texts are also set as choral anthems by noted sacred composers. His 2009 hymn, "God Bless the Work Your People Do" won the 14th annual Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Contest. He is married to the former Judith Taylor; they have a son, John Taylor Dalles and a daughter, Anne Elizabeth Dalles Sandoval.
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