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The Power of a Choir

beliefMarch 21, 2024568Views 0Likes 0Comments

Have you noticed what they do on TV awards shows when they want to really sell a song? What do they do to put their big inspirational numbers over the top? They bring out a choir, usually in traditional robes, singing strong and loud behind the soloist. Yes, that’s what I said… a choir. You…

Reading Your Mail

beliefMarch 7, 2024211Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s painful watching someone self-destructing on your computer screen. From the posts people make on social media, you can feel like you’re reading their mail. They’ve just been through something tough - loss of a job, a relationship - some major wounding. And now come the self-defense posting… “If someone leaves you, they were never…

Talent’s Not Enough

worshipFebruary 21, 2024213Views 0Likes 0Comments

I invited a non-Christian friend of mine, who had rarely if ever been to a church, to my Sunday service once. After the service, I asked him how he liked it. I’ll never forget his response. “Here’s my ‘review’ of this morning: I liked the sermon ok, but I really enjoyed the ‘warm-up act’ before…

A Worshipping Church

worshipFebruary 19, 2024219Views 0Likes 0Comments

As a child, I took two allergy shots every week from the age of 6 to 17. I always wondered why I felt a little draggy the day after I took the shot, until I discovered that they were actually injecting me with some of the very stuff that caused my sinuses to flair up. And if…

GOD-CENTERED WORSHIP

worshipFebruary 17, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There was a great deal of talk over the past 30+ years about churches becoming more “seeker-sensitive”. That meant we needed to remove impediments to worship that were keeping non-Christians (or “seekers”) away. It often involved removing things off-putting to seekers from worship that were deemed nonessentials. So churches removed offering plates and used offering boxes…

Practically Worship

worshipFebruary 5, 2024218Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Worship is the missing jewel of the church.” A.W. Tozer Tozer was right: worship often is an element in church that is misplaced, overlooked, but immeasurably valuable. We have focused on just about everything else, except worship. We have strategies galore for church growth, witnessing, and building campaigns; so much so that it’s…

A Christmas Gift to you from Dave

beliefDecember 24, 2023259Views 0Likes 0Comments

I just finished this song, and I believe over the holidays its message is extremely important. So amid all the chaos, remember there will come a day you'd do anything to relive just a minute of it. Every moment you have is a gift, you didn't earn it. You're not promised tomorrow, so treasure today...…

Mending Fences

Christmas, Entertainment, MusicDecember 15, 2023301Views 0Likes 0Comments

During the chaos of our church Christmas production last weekend, I noticed an 80 year old woman standing backstage was glowing with excitement. “Thank you for this!” she said. “I thought I’d never use my voice or be onstage again”. She was a trained vocalist, but didn’t fit in on a typical church praise team.…

Why I Stopped Going to Church

beliefNovember 20, 2023355Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you’re a Christian who doesn’t go to church, I bet I can tell you why. Because I was one…for a while. We had just left pastoring a church because of a death in our family. My brother-in-law had been killed by a drunk driver, so I quit my job and moved my family for…

Winner “Best Song” at 2023 PCTF

EntertainmentOctober 26, 2023134Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dave's song "Find The Good" from POLLYANNA - A NEW MUSICAL won BEST SONG at last weekend's 2023 Pensacola Christian Theatre Festival. Listen to the song here:

Being There

parentingSeptember 5, 2023186Views 0Likes 0Comments

This is one of my favorite photos, when Gracie ran up to hug me at the end of my POLLYANNA musical performance. It was a show I had worked on off-and-on for almost 10 years. And she and her older sister were a major part of the inspiration for writing the show to begin with.…

Musical Theatre

SermonsAugust 4, 2023121Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dave's latest full-scale show, POLLYANNA - A NEW MUSICAL, received a "staged reading" on June 23, 2023 at the Naples Performing Arts Center MainStage. Below are some songs from the show... Videos from Dave's other shows, "A MIRACLE IN CENTRAL PARK", "PASSION", "ANGELS WATCHING OVER YOU", "A SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL", and "YULETIDE EVERLASTING", coming…

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