The Dave Test -- Frederick W. Schmidt

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The Dave Test

A Raw Look at Real Faith in Hard Times

by Frederick W. Schmidt

The Patheos Book Club features "The Dave Test: A Raw Look at Real Faith in Hard Times," by Frederick W. Schmidt, a guidebook for surviving life's crises and impossible decisions with honesty and grace. | read more»

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About The Dave Test

When life is at its tattered edges and you are faced with seemingly impossible decisions, the Dave Test is a set of searingly honest questions you ask to become the best, most honest self for you, your friends, and your family. | read more »

When Life Sucks: A Q&A with Fred Schmidt

"Far too many churches are places where people are expected to show up with the rough edges planed off or hidden, minds clear, and hearts aligned. We need to find new ways to welcome people who are struggling." | read more »

The Dave Test: Read the Foreword

To pass the Dave Test is to face reality, loss, and grief without denial or phoniness or cover-up, to face it in all of its uncompromising demand. | read more »

The Dave Test: Read the Introduction

Suffering and sorrow are not things God sends our way, but they can and do radicalize life. We can allow that radicalization to grow within us. We can let it change, deepen, and ennoble us. Or we can run from the challenge it presents. | read more »

Praise for The Dave Test

Fred Schmidt has a singular ability to translate chronicles of loss and pain into a sanctioned call for honesty about faith as it is lived and as it is allowed to mature in us." Read what Phyllis Tickle and others are saying about The Dave Test. | read more »

Fred Schmidt's Blog

For more writing from Fred, visit his Patheos blog, "What God Wants For Your Life," here. | read more »

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