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Detours and Delays

beliefMarch 8, 2021146Views 0Likes 0Comments

So with the exit of 2020, we launched out to start a new church. The first two weeks were tremendous, with new people showing up out of nowhere. We had a highly visible location, though parking and seating were limited. While I worried the first Sunday’s crowd was a fluke, the second week we had…

Hands in the Air

beliefMarch 2, 2021143Views 0Likes 1Comment

There are two kinds of people you can choose to be: the one on the rollercoaster holding on white-knuckled to the restraint bar, or the one screaming with his hands in the air having a great time. The choice is up to you… It’s a good thing God doesn’t tell you in…

Podcast interview with Dave

beliefFebruary 17, 2021117Views 0Likes 0Comments

Listen as Theology Mix’s John Snyder interview Dave about his new book THE SEVEN SURPRISES Listen

At the ballet

beliefFebruary 11, 2021163Views 0Likes 0Comments

So you’re a dad, and part of your “daddly chores” is dropping your 7 year-old daughter off at dance class. She takes two classes back to back, so you drop off and mom picks her up later. “Remember she wants you to stay and watch her. Just stick around a while before you leave,” my…

IT FOLLOWS

beliefJanuary 13, 2021107Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last Friday night, I took my wife out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. The kids were at a Parent’s Night Out event, so we were finally on our own again. That doesn’t happen often enough for us, still raising two little girls now in our 50s. After a great dinner, we took a…

Another White Christmas

beliefDecember 24, 202089Views 0Likes 0Comments

The gales of wind howled through the trees outside the old cabin. Smoke rose from the chimney as the old man ate his humble soup safely inside. His weathered hands were still steady, having stacked the wood by the cabin walls that would surely last the winter’s full duration. It’s a good thing he had.…

When Christmas Hurts

beliefDecember 22, 2020138Views 0Likes 0Comments

There’s a certain odd hush that comes upon a town at Christmas Eve. It’s not that people aren’t still working — those days when everyone got off work for Christmas are gone. But a calm still descends as families gather, and the majority of stores shut off their lights and workers head home. That’s the…

Behold…a new thing

beliefDecember 20, 202099Views 0Likes 0Comments

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland...” - Isaiah 43:19 Visit us at http://NAPLESFAMILY.ORG

COMING SOON…

beliefDecember 16, 2020120Views 0Likes 0Comments

As I wrote in The Seven Surprises, following God will lead us directly into acts of "strategic recklessness" and go on new adventures with God. Sometimes, God will lead us away from complacent paths and send us off-roading a while. It indeed appears God may be asking us to dream once again and go off…

A quick word of THANKS!

beliefDecember 15, 2020140Views 0Likes 0Comments

Thanks for your overwhelming response to our first printing of THE SEVEN SURPRISES. Our first printing was completely sold out in a week! A second printing is complete. New copies are available from Dave personally, or at our AMAZON PAGE in ebook or hard copy formats.

Out of Nowhere

beliefDecember 2, 2020135Views 0Likes 0Comments

When God creates, he does so out of nothing. And when God comes through for you in your life, you hardly ever see it coming. God will meet your needs in the most unexpected ways. You may be familiar with the cable TV show TRADING SPACES that’s been around in one form or another since…

Nightfall

beliefNovember 16, 2020118Views 0Likes 0Comments

There’s a certain sacredness when the house is dark and everyone else is asleep. I stay up past everyone in my home most nights. I rarely go to bed early. I’ve chalked this up to creative temperament for years, but now I think it's something more. My feelings and spirit are reaching out past me…