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Restoring Joy in Work and Ministry
How to Restore the Whistle in Your Work Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go… Remember the seven dwarfs singing as they headed off to work? Does that describe your mornings? Work Was Never the Curse Unfortunately, sometimes we come to view our work—and ministry—as a...
Addiction, Brokenness, and the Hope of Christ
When I was seventeen, someone introduced me to a drug called crystal meth. Since the age of eleven, my story had been a drug-induced downward spiral, but this was a new low. How Addiction Took Control Crystal meth is an upper. You can snort it, shoot it up with a...
Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction
Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with appreciation during the sermon, then taps on their screen or slips away from Scripture as soon as they return home. It's not...
Learning to Slow with God
Having worked in full time ministry for five years, as well as working with pastors and ministry leaders in therapy, A. C. knows the unique challenges of slowing down in ministry. In her book, she shares about her personal and professional journey in slowing down,...
How to Read the Bible the Right Way
I am convinced that Satan is on a mission to make us believe the Bible is centered on us. But this could not be any further from the truth. Why We Often Read the Bible Wrong There is a wrong way to read the Bible, and it is done when we make ourselves the focus of...
A Prayer Shaped by Bethlehem’s Humility
You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. Micah 5:2 A Prayer Rooted in God’s Unexpected Ways Nicholas lived and served in...
Finding Real Encouragement in a Discouraging World
The enemy has a strategy, and it’s devastatingly simple. Discouragement: The Enemy’s First Strike If he can get us discouraged, he can get us disappointed. If he can get us disappointed, he can get us distracted. If he can get us distracted, he can get us divided. If...
Leadership Lessons from Overcoming the Odds
After my ninth birthday and with my mother’s permission, my dad began to be present more consistently in my life again. How Football Shaped Early Leadership A sports enthusiast, my dad saw it as his responsibility to introduce me to football. Those are still some of...
Leaders Must Remember They Are Beloved
Do you remember your first leadership title? Maybe it was pastor, director, manager, or supervisor. You likely felt the affirmation and responsibility as someone entrusted to lead others. It’s a significant moment, but it can also be a subtle trap. Our title begins to...
Hospitality That Reflects Christ
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. —Hebrews 10:24–25 Every day they...
Addiction, Brokenness, and the Hope of Christ
When I was seventeen, someone introduced me to a drug called crystal meth. Since the age of eleven, my story had been a drug-induced downward...
Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction
Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with...
Learning to Slow with God
Having worked in full time ministry for five years, as well as working with pastors and ministry leaders in therapy, A. C. knows the unique...
How to Read the Bible the Right Way
I am convinced that Satan is on a mission to make us believe the Bible is centered on us. But this could not be any further from the truth. Why We...
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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...
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....
Embracing Childlike Faith in a Grown-Up World
If you’ve ever visited a playground to watch the sheer delight of children at play you might have observed the reality that a child’s joy isn’t...
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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