One of my favorite story books as a child was The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper which was based on an American folktale.…
View More Hope for Raising the PKs–You Can’t But God CanAuthor: Wendy McCready
Wendy lives in Alma, Ontario, Canada with her husband Mark and two daughters where Mark has been the senior pastor of Alma Bible Church since the summer of 2010. Together they have served for over 15 years in rural and small-town ministry. Their previous small-town pastoral work included a church in the mountains of Colorado while Mark was in seminary, and then in northern Ontario “cottage” country upon graduation. Wendy works as an Educational Assistant in the local schools where she enjoys making community connections in order to share Christ and helping children with special challenges learn new things. She also enjoys participating in music ministry in their church and hosting people in their home.
Incorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: Hope in the Hard
When my husband and I got married we chose as our wedding theme Christ, Our Solid Rock. We knew God had called us to serve…
View More Incorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: Hope in the HardHope for the New Year and Every Year to Come
I spent a good part of my quiet times during the year 2020 studying prophecy and heaven. That, coupled with suddenly being thrown into a…
View More Hope for the New Year and Every Year to ComeHope for Eternity: He Will Come Again
When I was a girl my mom often taught missionary stories to our whole group of Sunday School children. I always remember her telling about…
View More Hope for Eternity: He Will Come AgainHope When People Disappoint You
In Jane Austen’s well-known classic novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth’s sister Jane is shocked when the antagonist Wickham’s true character is revealed. “What a stroke…
View More Hope When People Disappoint YouHope That Does Not Disappoint
“And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been…
View More Hope That Does Not DisappointAre We Merely Playing Church?
In Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel The Story Girl is a scene in the orchard where the children play church, complete with a sermon preached to…
View More Are We Merely Playing Church?Faithfulness Amidst Social Pressures
“We missed you at the ladies meeting last night.” “I noticed you weren’t at church on Sunday. Is everything okay?” Over the years as a…
View More Faithfulness Amidst Social PressuresSurviving and Thriving in Church Politics
“Beware the people who meet you at the airport.” I’m not sure where we first heard this phrase in our ministry lives, but that advice…
View More Surviving and Thriving in Church PoliticsDon’t Devour One Another
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour one another, watch…
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