Daily Faith with Philip Cameron: Special Guest Pastor Dave Allman
Pastor Dave Allman of New Life Church in Poland, Ohio joins Daily Faith to deliver a timely, Scripture-rooted message on navigating life's most painful seasons with unshakeable faith. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 3 — "for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" — Dave unpacks why seasons of struggle are not signs of God's absence but of His active, transforming work in our lives.
Dave shares his own story with raw honesty: 26 years ago, while serving as a youth pastor in Albany, Georgia at the height of a thriving ministry, his wife Liz was diagnosed with advancing breast cancer and given only a 50/50 chance to survive. Years later, a second winter arrived when a church plant failed to grow as expected, leaving him feeling, in his own words, "trapped… abandoned… and so close to just throwing in the towel on ministry." Out of those crucibles came three defining questions every believer can ask in a hard season: How can this season direct me? How can this season correct me? And how can this season perfect me?
Dave also opens up about overcoming performance-based acceptance — the belief that God's approval is tied to visible success — and how he discovered that "who I am is much more important than what I do." If you are in a winter season today, this conversation is for you. Learn more about New Life Church at newlifepoland.com.
