About Aguinaldo Santos

Pastor Aguinaldo Santos

Pastor Aguinaldo Santos
Theology, IBAD · Writer, Daily Faith Walk

My name is Aguinaldo Santos. I am a pastor, I am Brazilian, and I live in the United Kingdom. I trained in theology at IBAD in Brazil, and I have spent years sitting with people in the situations I write about here, at hospital bedsides, in living rooms after a funeral, across a table from someone whose marriage is coming apart.

Daily Faith Walk gets written in the evenings. Usually it starts with a real conversation: a question someone asked me that deserved a better answer than I gave on the spot, or a passage I kept returning to for someone who needed it. I write it out until it is clear, and then I publish it in case it is useful to you too.

What I try to do here

  • Quote Scripture accurately. References are always included so you can look them up in your own translation instead of taking my word for it.
  • Not pretend. If a passage is difficult, or a season of suffering has no tidy explanation, I would rather say so than hand you a slogan. Training in theology mostly taught me how much the Bible refuses to be simplified.
  • Stay in my lane. Depression, grief and chronic illness come up often on this site. Being a pastor does not make me a doctor or a therapist, and nothing here is a substitute for either. If you are unwell, please see them as well as your church.

What you'll find

  • Prayer, prayers you can borrow on a day when you cannot find your own words.
  • Encouragement, Scripture for anxiety, fear, grief and weary seasons.
  • Bible Study, plain explanations of verses, psalms and parables.
  • Faith & Living, the practical side of walking with God on an ordinary Tuesday.

How this site pays for itself

Daily Faith Walk is free and always will be. Some articles recommend a book through an Amazon Associates link, which earns a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend books I would hand to someone in my own church. The full terms are on the Affiliate Disclosure page.

Say hello

If something here helped, or if you want someone to pray for you by name, I would genuinely like to hear from you, the Contact page comes straight to me, and I do pray for the requests that arrive.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.", Romans 15:13

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