Perfect Peace: in Imperfect Times

4.8 based on 142 Amazon ratings

Dan Walsh, bestselling fiction author of novels like The Unfinished Gift and The Reunion, has penned his first non-fiction book. Perfect Peace is a 31-Day Devotional crafted from the pages of Dan’s personal journal, written over the last several years.

Here’s an excerpt from Day 2: “If you’re like me, you’ve known moments of real peace. Moments when you’ve trusted God fully for your life, for everything going on in your life. In those moments, you knew real peace. The problem is, the word ‘moments.’ The moments didn’t last. The promise of Isaiah 26:3 is not to have moments of peace in our lives. The promise is that God would keep us in Perfect Peace.”

In Perfect Peace, Dan shares the Scriptural life-lessons he’s learned during some of the more challenging times in his life, hoping to encourage other Christians wrestling with things like stress, worry or fear.

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Stressed? Take a deep breath and read Perfect Peace. I knew Dan Walsh was a master of fiction. Now I understand that Walsh is a competent spiritual guide as well. Perfect Peace belongs on my bedside table to be read. Reread. And reread again.

Harry Kraus, MD, Bestselling author of Could I Have this Dance?

This is an excellent little devotional book. Especially good for those who tend to worry, like me! It speaks to your heart about the futility and actual harm of worry and fear. It came at a time when I needed it most, too. Dan Walsh is an excellent author who normally writes novels. However, he was a pastor for 25 years and has experience in dealing with this subject matter. It is great!

Susan Snodgrass, Goodreads Review

I loved this devotional and started it over right away to complete it back to back. I just need the to carry forward all of the lessons in scripture that are contained in the devotional. Dan Walsh is one of my favorite authors and the insights he provides are very helpful. I definitely recommend this.

John, Goodreads Review

About the author

“What do you wanna be when you grow up?”

Kids get asked that question all the time. When my son was five, he knew. “I wanna be a green Batman.” By high school I knew. I wanted to be an author of novels. My composition teacher was the spark that lit this fire. She went out of her way to encourage my feeble offerings. “You could really be a writer if you wanted to,” she said. Secretly, I began to write poems and short stories. Only my teacher and mother could read them (such things clashed badly with the surfer-guy persona I’d worked so hard to fabricate at school).

After becoming a Christian, my attention shifted in a different direction. I met Cindi, my wife-to-be. Then came a call to pastoral ministry. Then fatherhood. I still loved to write, but found little time for it. In the mid-90′s, we decided I needed a relaxing hobby. Cindi suggested I start writing again. I read some great how-to books and found some wonderful friends on a Christian fiction writer’s board on AOL (back when AOL was the Internet). A year later, my first novel was complete.

It was soon picked up by a top literary agent, but she found it difficult to market. Not much interest back then in a faith-based suspense thriller with a military edge. Shortly after that, the idea for The Unfinished Gift came to me…. Read on.

I’d love to hear from you. You can email me at dan@danwalshbooks.com or connect with me on social media.