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Understanding Faith Deconstruction
“I’m deconstructing my faith.” Perhaps someone has said this to you recently. A friend, child, spouse, parent, coworker, or congregant. You don’t really know what they mean, but it doesn’t sound good. Just from the name, you can tell they are taking something apart....
Mastering the Emotional Effects of Negative Thinking
Understanding the Emotional Effects of the Fall The emotional effects of the fall have had a persisting impact on all of humankind. Consider for a moment the following questions: Do you struggle with worry about minor matters or perhaps worry about things that might...
Ministry Transitions in Genesis 12
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to go into something new and leave the something old behind. I am in the middle of a ministry transition. After about 9 years on staff at my current local church (a church I also grew up in for about 9 years before being on...
Pastoral Commitment to Young Adult Groups
During our five-year study, we witnessed constant negotiations be- tween young adult innovation teams and the larger congregational leadership structure. Those in senior leadership roles often struggled while learning how to engage with young adult leaders or...
Trusting God When Life Feels Uncertain
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV) Why Trusting God Is Difficult I’ve been studying the topic of trust lately. And what I’ve...
Discovering Joy in Beauty and Salvation
You know it when you feel joy. She “jumps under one’s ribs and tickles down one’s back.” But joy dodges our attempts to pin her down. She is tricky to define. Trying to catch joy with a definition is like fishing with a shoelace, like trying to describe a friend to...
Overcoming Decision-Making Cripplers
CSS Hunley was a submarine used in the 1800s. (Yes, you read that correctly!) It was named after its inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley (ironically, he died in the test dives). The submarine became famous not only for being the first submarine in history to attack a...
The Art of Conversation
As Southerners, being sociable is in our DNA. As a southern girl, I was taught the art of conversation from an early age. As a southern grandmother, I’m serious about passing along what I’ve learned to our grandchildren. Why the Art of Conversation Matters A yearly...
All Occasions Invite His Mercies
Years ago, a friend of mine led a conversational ESL class for immigrant women in her town. She covered all the things you need to know to get established in a foreign culture. Registering kids for school, medical care, routes. How to grocery shop and cook with...
Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness and Into Grace
Forty years ago on an early afternoon in October while driving on a North Carolina interstate, I turned to Jesus as my Savior and Lord. This past October, almost to the day 40 years later, I found myself driving that same NC highway. And in a very clear touch from...
Becoming Pillars in the Church Through Suffering and Support
Will You Be a Pillar? A week after I preached my Platforms to Pillars sermon in London, I was leaving a speaking event, feeling exhausted after a...
Freedom from the Pressure to Perform in Ministry
Have You Felt That Insidious Pressure to Perform? A poor man plodded toward home, bent under a heavy sack of potatoes. A wagon drew up beside him....
Are You Listening?
God created humans with one mouth and two ears. You might say it is a visual reminder that listening is more important than talking (although lips...
Embracing ‘God Speed’ in a Fast-Paced World
Back in the 1970s, a Japanese theologian named Kosuke Koyama wrote a book called Three Mile an Hour God. In it, he draws out the idea that maybe the...
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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.
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