Dan Kuiper, Author and Speaker

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Dan Kuiper, who resides in South Bend, Indiana, is a speaker, author, and life coach with a passion for helping those who have been wounded by a painful past. The son of an alcoholic father, Dan knows all too well how easy it is to carry our childhood fears, anger, and shame into our adult lives.

​Through his ministry, Finding Father's Love, Dan has helped countless people who have experienced the difficult dynamics of dysfunctional family relationships. Before becoming a full-time writer and speaker, Dan served on the staff at a faith-based counseling agency in Lansing, Illinois and at two churches in his hometown of Highland, Indiana. Dan is the author of When Father is a Bad Word, a highly-acclaimed book which one reader calls

"A wonderful book about broken relationships,
    forgiveness and how to put your heart into
             a condition which is capable of
                      accepting God’s love."

Dan has offered his Finding Father's Love seminars and retreats to audiences across the country, earning rave reviews. Said one participant:

   "I learned more this weekend than I have in
                all my years of counseling!"

Book: When Father is a Bad Word

Whether good or bad, there are parallels between the relationship we have or had with our earthly father and the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father. Dan's book, When Father is a Bad Word, will take you on a journey--a journey toward intimacy with a Father whose arms are always open to His children. It is in His embrace that we find hope and healing for our father wounds.
​Order Dan's book here and he will include a personalized, signed greeting!

YOU Can Help Others Find Hope 

Teen and Adult Challenge is a wonderfully effective not-for-profit ministry that helps young people from all walks of life to find freedom and healing from difficult life circumstances. A Teen Challenge representative shared that participants in the program who have "father wounds" runs close to 100%. 

To help address that need, Dan has given his Finding Father's Love Seminar at several Teen and Adult Challenge locations across the country. Each participant has received a copy of Dan's book, When Father is a Bad Word. With your help, hundreds more young people can hear and read his much-needed message of hope and healing. Dan will offer as many seminars in as many Teen and Adult Challenge locations as there is funding for! 

If you would like to partner with him in that venture, please click on the DONATE NOW button above. Your tax-deductible gift to Finding Father's Love is an investment in the lives of young people who desperately need to discover the love of a Father who will always be there for them. 

Feedback from Teen and Adult Challenge participants on the FFL seminar has included words like  
​"life-changing" and "unforgettable."
Young men from a Teen and Adult Challenge chapter in Arizona were asked what they learned about their Heavenly Father at the FFL Seminar. Among the responses:

  • "That He loves me more than I have ever wished my earthly father could have loved me."
  • "That God is a great Father and will be there for me no matter what."
  • "That He isn't like my earthly father. He isn't going to leave me and let me down."
  • "That He will never leave me or forsake me."
 
Your tax-deductible gifts will go to covering expenses related to offering  Finding Father's Love Seminars (travel expenses, journals, books, and materials). ​

VLOG:  Joy Is A Choice

God wants us to enjoy life. He longs for us to be joyful. But joyfulness and happiness are not the same thing.
To see more of Dan's videos and blog entries, click here.

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Trusting others--even God--is hard, especially when trust has been broken in our past. But as difficult   as it may be, trusting God is the cornerstone of faith. For those experiencing brokenness in their lives, trusting God is also where healing begins.

​Dan's ebook,  5 Steps Toward Trusting God, offers practical advice as to how to trust our Heavenly Father, especially when life doesn't make sense. Click below to receive a free copy of  5 Steps Toward Trusting God, and also receive Dan's latest blog and vlog entries via email. (Note: Your privacy is important to us. Your email will not be shared with anyone else.)
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Book Dan To Speak
Dan speaks on a variety of topics concerning family dynamics, personal and spiritual growth, finding healing for our brokenness. A sampling of topics may be found here. Dan is available for single presentations (keynote messages, conference addresses, civic functions, church services, chapels, school assemblies, commencement ceremonies), as well as half-day seminars, day-long workshops, and retreats. Dan speaks to men's, women's, and mixed groups of all ages.

What People Are Saying

Some random feedback from Dan's talks:
  • "Dan is able to analyze situations well, bring in our humanness, and then take us to God."
  • "I have been to many conferences and have never gotten the love, respect, and truth that I received from this one."
  • "Excellent! I highly recommend!"
  • "Dan's teaching and humor were greatly enjoyed!"
  • “I appreciated the passion, real-ness, and intensely personal nature of the talk."
  • "It has changed my life and how I see my Heavenly Father."

If you're looking for keynote or retreat speaker, ​you don't want someone
to make a speech. ​You want someone to make a difference. 

Finding Father's Love is a non-profit organization operating under section 501 (c) (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
All donations to Finding Father's Love are tax deductible.
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