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Being There

parentingSeptember 5, 2023643Views 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, 2023810Views 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…

Girl Power

EntertainmentJune 15, 2023649Views 0Likes 0Comments

More than anything, these two little girls have brought more joy into my life the past 9 years than I'd experienced in all the years before. We adopted Ellie and then Gracie at a point when we thought we had finished raising kids. The last thing on my mind was starting over again. When the…

The Downside of “Talented”

BlogMay 17, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve been working on a full-scale musical now in that chair, in front of that keyboard pictured above for about 10 years now. Writing a show is a long process of stops and starts. You create songs you thought were great and then the next day realize are mediocre and discard them. The past several…

The Cross Remains

beliefApril 7, 2023738Views 0Likes 0Comments

I'll admit that the world is changing so fast these days that I get a little fearful at times. I wonder if everyone's lost their minds and forgotten what really matters in life. We argue about everything, and friendships are sacrificed over minor differences. Even family is not a safe refuge from the chaos around…

The universe is not coming to help you

BlogJanuary 4, 2023557Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’ve noticed that when people stop believing in God, they don’t stop believing in everything. They usually replace Him with something inferior: a do-it-yourself religion of their own creation. These are the New Pagans, and what they worship is the earth and nature. But since they grew up used to the Personal God of…

The Nicest Thing I Could Say

BlogDecember 17, 2022857Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s amazing that someone as lovable as me can make people mad. I mean, come on… I’m adorable, right? Seriously, people always get mad at me when I write or preach against things that are unBiblical. Recently, it was a piece I wrote about how there’s no reason to believe pets will be in heaven.…

Handwriting on the Wall

BlogDecember 9, 2022710Views 0Likes 0Comments

When we moved into our new home in Florida last year, I noticed something that looked like a doorbell on two of our door frames. Later when my girls were watching the musical Fiddler On The Roof with me, I suddenly realized what they were. “Do you see those little rectangular boxes on the top…

Tie a Bow on it

belief, video devotionalNovember 11, 2022503Views 0Likes 0Comments

Whatever God has blessed you with, you’d better “tie a bow on it”. Because it’s a gift - you didn’t earn it, and it might not be there tomorrow…

Into The Unknown

video devotionalNovember 9, 2022501Views 0Likes 0Comments

Safety and security are the "siren song" singing you to a sleeping death. Let go of them and follow God "into the unknown"...

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

BlogNovember 7, 2022867Views 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, 2022681Views 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…