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I Don’t Think it Means What You Think It Means

BlogNovember 7, 2022114Views 0Likes 0Comments

If Christianity is so wonderful, why are some Christians such jerks? Good question. I know people who’ve been put off from Christianity mainly because of some “Christians” they’ve met. They see people say really dumb things and attribute it to their Christian faith. They watch believers being hateful toward someone who believes differently from them.…

J Mark McVey In Concert with Dave

Concert, MusicOctober 24, 202286Views 0Likes 0Comments

Please join me at the piano with my good friends Mark and Christy McVey. The McVey's are both Broadway veterans - Mark played Valjean in Les Miserables and logged over 3200 performances in the show, and Christy was a featured performer in The Who's Tommy, Jekyll and Hyde, and Annie. This is one of…

Dear victims,

BlogOctober 20, 2022139Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dear victims, You need to understand something about the pain you are feeling. Someone has hurt you, misused you, or abused you. You are right to feel wounded, and I'm sincerely grieved for what has happened to you. However, there is great danger in those wounds you're nursing right now. Sometimes the pity and sympathy…

BROKEN, recorded live at NNBC

SermonsSeptember 19, 2022102Views 0Likes 0Comments

Pastor Dave's message BROKEN, recorded live at North Naples Baptist Church on Sunday, September 18, 2022

Sunday, Sept 11 at Crossroads Church in Ft Myers

ConcertSeptember 12, 202290Views 0Likes 0Comments

We had a great night of worship at an area-wide gathering of churches, hosted by Crossroads Baptist Church in Ft Myers FL. Thanks to the terrific band and to everyone who came out!

Broken or Bitter

BlogSeptember 3, 202270Views 0Likes 2Comments

One day recently, I was in my office at church when a ministry friend stopped by at the door to chat. As we talked through the joys and pains of ministry, she reminisced about a particularly tough time in her husband's pastorate. After decades of faithful service to a congregation, some power brokers within their…

Piano Praise worship night

ConcertAugust 20, 2022125Views 0Likes 0Comments

I'll be leading this Night of Worship on Sunday, Aug 28th, 6PM at FAIRWAY CHURCH, 3855 The Lord’s Way. We will be crying out to God to provide a new worship location for this church that has ministered faithfully to so many people over the years. Hope you'll join us and pray for God to…

Dear Control Freak…

BlogAugust 1, 202276Views 0Likes 0Comments

…just stop it already. Right now. Seriously. You know who you are. You’re the ones “setting people straight” on social media and correcting their opinions. You were the ones in the pandemic who pointed out when people stood 5 feet away from someone instead of 6. You scolded us every time we touched our…

Divine mistakes

BlogJuly 30, 2022107Views 0Likes 0Comments

We pray for our lives to go smoothly. We beg God to stay with our plan and keep to our schedule. But sometimes God wants our plans to fall apart so His plan can go into action. When I lead a worship service, I plan every detail out specifically. I respect people’s time, so I…

A dusty old book

BlogJuly 29, 202258Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve noticed that my friends from outside the church usually only bring up God with me in times of crisis. They look at me oddly when I talk about death as a positive thing, and about actually yearning for heaven. From their curious stares, you’d think I’d just said I believed in Middle Earth and would…

Stubborn love

BlogJuly 28, 2022134Views 0Likes 0Comments

My mom has always been a source of gentle humor in our family. Whenever she got amazed or exasperated by something, Mom would try to say, “Well …” — probably meaning to eventually say “well, I never.” Instead, all that came out was a “wuh” noise. Then she would say it repeatedly, in a sort…

To those who disagree, you’re missing something (…)

BlogJuly 21, 2022103Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s ok that we don’t agree. In spite of the culture trying to polarize us into opposite camps, it is possible to disagree and still be friends. Notice I didn’t say it’s easy. Just possible. And all that depends on three little dots (…) Have you noticed those three dots blinking when someone is texting…

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