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When the Name You Lived Under Slips Away

October 15, 2025Mike Leake

The other day someone referred to me as Pastor Mike. It’s not too strange since I was “Pastor Mike” for 20 years of my life. And that’s how most people know me. But now I’m not pastoring anywhere. (Well, not… Continue Reading →

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gospel of John, Grace, identity, ministry, Pastoring, purpose

Why We Don’t Have a Formal Greeting Time

February 8, 2024Mike Leake

“Greet one another with a holy kiss…” –2 Corinthians 13:12 That encouragement from 2 Corinthians is now obeyed in the form of “Stand and greet one another…” And we fulfill the obligations of Holy Writ in about 2-3 minutes at… Continue Reading →

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About Those “Middle Spaces”

October 3, 2023Mike Leake

How’d they get here? 2014: This has been an incredibly difficult year. We have lost so many things. We grieve, but thankfully our church family has been right there with us. 2016: I feel so alone. We still carry the… Continue Reading →

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deconstruction, doubt, faith, love, ministry

Do People "Just Not Value the Word Anymore"?

June 19, 2023Mike Leake

“These people just don’t value the Word!” The previous Sunday he had given a 50 minute exposition on an obscure text in 1 Kings. It was accurate, scholarly, and the point of his sermon was indeed the point of the… Continue Reading →

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