March 21, 2025

## Ozzie and Harriet are long gone

One only need to look at any of the trending barometers to know the perfect family is a television fantasy. Examine the increasing rates of divorce, unemployment and job displacement, bankruptcies, all forms of addiction, suicide, infidelity, mental health and prescription drug usage. Does anyone honestly believe every family doesn’t have something going on inside […]

Dave Cooke Addiction in the Family, featured, Uncategorized
March 8, 2025

## “I am no longer a slave to fear…”

For several weeks now I have been repeatedly listening to a powerful song. The first time I heard it, I was completely drawn into the power of the words. “I’m no longer a slave to fear, for I am a child of God.” Fear grips us in so many different ways and can completely interrupt […]

Dave Cooke Addiction in the Family, featured, Uncategorized
May 19, 2025

## The Spirit of Fear

Fear isn’t the norm. It isn’t your friend. And it certainly doesn’t help you make better decisions. The Bible is very clear about fear and what we should focus on instead. For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7, […]

Dave Cooke featured, Parenting and Addiction, Uncategorized
September 30, 2025

## Trust Your Instinct

The battle between instinct and intellect is a perpetual, ongoing fight. While it often possible to prove what is known, it is difficult to be confident and certain all is known about what is being proven. When dealing in the absolutes of something such a math, we have learned to qualify and quantify the rule […]

Dave Cooke The Four Wheels of Personal Leadership