David Shadday is pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, where he has served for the past twenty-six years. He has devoted much of his forty years as a pastor to the subjects of marriage and family. He has been married to his wife, Sherry, for forty-four years. They have four children and seven grandchildren. Pastor Shadday’s main hobby is writing songs.

Recent Posts by David Shadday

40 Lessons on Marriage and Ministry from David Shadday

I’ve learned a lot in the forty-plus years I have spent as a parish pastor and Christian husband. Inspired by my recent work in my Bible study Reclaiming the Heart of Marriage, I’ve distilled forty lessons I’ve learned relating to Christ and the church, male and female, parents and children, pastoral care and congregational ministry, and other general observations. 

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