Pastor Mike Novotny
Pastor Mike Novotny has served God’s people in full-time ministry since 2007 in Madison and, most recently, at The CORE in Appleton, Wisconsin. He also serves as the lead speaker for Time of Grace, where he shares the good news about Jesus through television, print, and online platforms.
Ordinary is how God ordinarily works
I bet you’d love to make some extraordinary changes in your life. Maybe to unconditionally love the people in your family, even that sibling…
The story of Stacey King
Have you ever heard of Stacey King? He was a rookie for the Chicago Bulls in 1990 who almost lost a game against the…
The finish line of life
When Bill Broadhurst entered the 1981 Pepsi 10K in Omaha, he stood no chance of winning. Ten years earlier he had a brain aneurysm…
God’s timing
I had zero idea what would happen the Saturday after the Tuesday that I released my book. Back on January 7, 2020, I released…
God’s weird (but beautiful) Word
Psalm 133 might be the weirdest/most beautiful analogy in the Bible. It says that living in unity with God’s people “is like precious oil…
Be still
One of the more quotable, peace-inducing passages of the Bible comes from Psalm 46:10, which says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”…
God is always here
A few years ago my wife and I saw Dear Evan Hansen, a musical about a teenage boy who’s lonely, socially awkward, and depressed….
Gifted for God’s glory
You are gifted for glory. The word glory means that someone or something makes you gasp, “Wow!” A sunrise, a newborn baby, or the…
Jesus breaks chains
Have you ever felt chained to something? Like you just had to __________. There wasn’t any choice but to _________. Have you ever heard…
You should love this Bible nerd
The other day I sent my wife a text with some in-depth, granular, Hebrew-based research I had done in the Bible. She replied (as…
How God made you
It took me over 30 years to figure out how God made me. You would think that my strengths and weaknesses would be obvious…
The amazing Merlin
Recently, I met an amazing man named Merlin. Merlin is an 81-year-old woodworker who can outhustle a team of 20-something construction workers. During our…