Driving down “church row” in small city USA, I would often wonder why we don’t fill our sacred...
What would you say zaps your strength? The kids? Your job? The soccer schedule? The unending...
You see the pictures regularly, and you hear the pleas for help. Somebody flashes a photo up on...
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces; from heaven He will thunder against them....
“Make the most of every opportunity.” (Colossians 4:5b NIV); About this time last year, I had a...
As a counselor and a student of the Bible over the years, I recognized that there are three kinds...
Just like Aretha Franklin so famously sang, “R-E-S-T-I-N-G is supposed to be so good for me,...
Giving is the fruit of a discipled believer. The amount may be limited by circumstances, but not...
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Hope for the Holidays When Your Heart is Breaking
When Christmas Isn’t Joyful On the morning of December 14th, 2012, I sat by the soft glow of my Christmas tree in the pre-dawn stillness. The tranquility of the moment stood in direct contrast with the scene unfolding before me in scripture as I read Matthew chapter...
Jesus, the Grandest Story of All
An old man stoops and grabs a weathered hardback off the shelf. He handles the volume gently, careful not to disturb the fragile binding while returning to his favorite chair, glasses perched on his nose. As he slowly turns the yellowed pages, his eyes dart around the...
Visit to Elizabeth
Elizabeth sat on the ground, heels tucked beneath her, and kneaded the dough in the bowl in front of her. A strand of gray hair slipped from beneath her head covering and clung to the perspiration running down her temple. After a moment she grimaced, sat up straight,...
If God Turned Away from His Only Son, What Hope Is There for Me?
I was sitting on a hillside in Israel when I first believed God loved me. I spent a good portion of my early life in church. My mother tells me I attended my first service when I was no more than two-weeks-old. After that, I was there for Sunday School, Sunday morning...
A Thrill of Hope
If you listened to my Christmas playlist, you’d quickly get bored. It’s essentially every version of O Holy Night available on Spotify. Even though they’ve left out some verses, my favorite version is still the *NSYNC cover. Oh, holy night! The stars are brightly...
Nativity
The word “nativity” is derived from the Latin nativus, which means “arisen by birth.” Although technically we could use the word to describe any birth, it has become synonymous with the birth of Jesus. Nativities created as art, models, carvings, or even live...
How To Effectively Minister to Single Dads
No one quite knows what to do with single dads when it comes to church socials and fellowship. While church should be the one safe place this man...
Leaving Your Church? Consider This First
One night some years ago, I came home from church and opened my computer to read a suddenly popular meme floating around social media: “I am the...
Maximizing Tech for Faith Formation? It’s Time.
One of the items missing from my 6th grader’s back-to-school list this year was an electronic device. Yet even with brick-and-mortar learning back...
“The Kingdom of God Is Here—Says Who?”
A friend of mine tells the story of having to do street evangelism for a course he was taking at a Christian college a number of years ago. One had...
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About the President
Dave Wike is a family man. Serving pastors, and those who desire to do the same, became his calling over the last 20+ years. He and his wife Margie live in North Carolina. They have a son living overseas, and three daughters still at home. Dave enjoys writing instrumental guitar music, and plans to complete his Masters in Biblical Counseling. He’s also well aware he can do nothing good apart from the Holy Spirit.
Dave Wike
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