Blog
September 28, 2026
The Struggle in Waiting
Pastor Nick Gatzke Alexander Peter Sirk flew five thousand miles to meet a woman he had only ever known online. When he landed at Changsha Airport, China, she wasn’t there....
September 21, 2026
A Different Kind of Kingdom
Pastor Nick Gatzke In 1913, it was said that “the sun never sets on the British Empire.” Nearly a quarter of the human race lived under its authority. Today its...
September 14, 2026
Who Really Belongs to the Family of God?
Pastor Nick Gatzke Two families lived in the American Northeast, in the same era, and sociologists eventually studied both. One descended from Max Jukes, an unbelieving man who married a...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...