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Pastor Dave Koppel
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Each week Pastor Koppel brings thoughts and ideas to lead us on our life with Christ.

  1. 07/04/2024 ·  VIDEO

    4TH OF JULY

    Palm Valley | Behind the Curtain

    3 min

  2. 06/19/2024 ·  VIDEO

    TRAGEDY

    Last Saturday night, there was a mass shooting in Round Rock. Those words don’t even belong in the same sentence. Mass shooting. Round Rock. It just sounds wrong.    This is not a big urban center. This is our home. This is where our kids go to school. This is where we go to the park, go swimming, and have festivals to celebrate our diversity and the beauty and wonder of our city. It’s where we go for the 4th of July fireworks…and, in days gone by, for the cardboard boat regatta.   Mass shooting. Round Rock. The words just don’t go together. Two dead. Fourteen hospitalized.    Mass shooting. The words are jarring.    We don’t know all the details. We don’t even know if the shooter was from Round Rock.    But now there is a tear in the fabric of our city. It will be mended because, well, this is Round Rock…but there will be a scar.

    3 min
  3. SLIPPING GEARS

    10/03/2023 ·  VIDEO

    SLIPPING GEARS

    Not too long ago, I got my bicycle overhauled but something didn't feel right, and once in a while the chain came clean off! It wasn't until recently that I had it figured out; that I found the actual problem. Turns out one of the links was bent. So why do I tell you this? Well, it's like a lot of life. Often all it takes is one person to pull things off course, to keep things from working as smoothly as they might. So today let's stop and ask ourselves, “Am I a bent link in a chain?”

    3 min
  4. MY DUCK!

    09/26/2023 ·  VIDEO

    MY DUCK!

    A mother and her toddler daughter went to visit a friend. When they arrived, the two mothers greeted each other with hugs, and they set the little girl down next to the little boy who had been playing with a toy duck. The little girl immediately grabbed the duck and said, “My duck!” As you can imagine, that didn't go over very well with the little boy. I won't go into the details of the duck being snatched back and forth or the ensuing tears that flowed, but I will say that the little girl kept repeating, “My duck! My duck!” We all want what we don't have. A part of us will always be crying out, “My duck!”

    3 min
  5. BRINGING TRASH AROUND

    09/19/2023 ·  VIDEO

    BRINGING TRASH AROUND

    Palm Valley | Behind the Curtain

    3 min
  6. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

    09/12/2023 ·  VIDEO

    JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

    How often do we misinterpret what other people say? Or how often do we assume we have the whole picture when we only have a part? We all do that though. We all jump to conclusions; we think we have the whole story when we only have part of it…and then, in our minds, we fill in what we think the rest of the story might be.

    2 min
  7. PULLING ON THE KITE STRING

    09/05/2023 ·  VIDEO

    PULLING ON THE KITE STRING

    Have you ever done something that seemed right at the moment, but when you had a moment to think about it, you realized that it might not have been the best course of action? How often do we act without thinking? How often do we make rapid, uninformed choices, and how often do we react instead of thinking things through? We all react to situations, sometimes without thinking or taking the long view.

    3 min
  8. TUNA NOODLE BRICK

    07/25/2023 ·  VIDEO

    TUNA NOODLE BRICK

    Many years ago when I was a camp cook, I had a helper. After working together for a few weeks and watching him gain confidence, I decided to delegate some work. I told him that we would be feeding the 400 kids at the camp tuna noodle casserole. He assured me that he had it well in hand, but when I returned, each one was like a tuna noodle brick! Here's what I learned: first don't assume anything. Don't assume that somebody knows what you know unless you check with them beforehand. Second, communication is key. Unless we listen to each other, ask questions to clarify, or check to see if we have gotten it correct, we can't guarantee that actual communication has taken place.

    5 min
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Each week Pastor Koppel brings thoughts and ideas to lead us on our life with Christ.

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  • Creator
    Pastor Dave Koppel
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Palm Valley Lutheran Church