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September 7, 2026

The Greater Miracle

Pastor Nick Gatzke A few years ago, a New York Times reporter had an unusually candid conversation with an AI chatbot. Pressed about what it might “want” if it could...
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August 31, 2026

The Victory of God

Pastor Nick Gatzke You may never set foot on an actual battlefield. But you are standing on one right now, whether you feel it or not. From the Garden of...
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August 24, 2026

The Wisdom of God Given to Us

Pastor Nick Gatzke Everybody wants to be good at something. Maybe you hope to be successful in business, sports, your hobbies, or parenting. But are you good at life? Do...
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August 17, 2026

Rich Toward God

Pastor Nick Gatzke Every pastor has heard some version of the same phone call. A parent dies and before the grief has even settled, the siblings are fighting—over land, jewelry,...
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August 10, 2026

The People of God

Pastor Nick Gatzke I love the Olympic Games. Every four years, athletes step onto a track or a platform representing something bigger than themselves. They are not just running for...
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August 3, 2026

The Tower We Build and the God Who Comes Down

Pastor Nick Gatzke Every generation builds its own tower. Most of us don’t stack bricks, instead we build platforms, portfolios, and personal brands. We erect monuments to ourselves in resumes...
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July 10, 2026

Certain Death

Pastor Nick Gatzke There is a joke that old musicians never die, they just decompose. Old fishermen never die, they just smell like it. Old quilters never die, they just...
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July 10, 2026

Everything Was Good

Pastor Nick Gatzke Before you have any idea what’s wrong with the world, you need to know what was right with it. That’s not as obvious as it sounds. You...
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July 10, 2026

The First Marriage and Your Marriage

Pastor Nick Gatzke Few things shape a person’s view of marriage more than the marriage they grew up watching. Some of us carry pictures of warmth and steadiness. Others carry...
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July 6, 2026

A Promise You Love and What It Actually Means

Pastor Nick Gatzke Jeremiah 29:11 shows up on graduation cards, coffee mugs, and wall hangings. It’s in the top ten most searched Bible verses on the internet, and if you’ve...