Sometimes life just goes on day after day, always the same. As an introvert and perfectionist, normal days that go by without any disruption are…
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Stacey Weeks Reading Challenge
If I could go back twenty years to when my husband and I stood on the precipice of ministry in that tiny four-corner village, what…
View More Stacey Weeks Reading ChallengeInterview With a Small Town Pastor’s Wife: Joanna Weaver
About a decade ago, I read a book that encouraged and grounded me as a new church-planting Pastor’s wife serving in an isolated context. The…
View More Interview With a Small Town Pastor’s Wife: Joanna WeaverA Still More Excellent Way
We want to serve God, and we want to enjoy doing it. After all, Psalm 100:1-2 says, “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the…
View More A Still More Excellent WayBuilding the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 2
I cried once at a park. Well, probably more than once considering childhood escapades involving roller skates and hills, but these particular tears came the…
View More Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 2Season of Thankfulness Begins Now!
October is just around the corner with cooler temps, bonfires, fall colors, and warm and cozy smells. Let’s not forget it is also Pastor Appreciation…
View More Season of Thankfulness Begins Now!Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 1
My eight-year-old looks up at the industrial lights that crisscross the ceiling of the grocery store, and I brace myself for the ensuing outburst. I’m…
View More Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 1Weeping May Tarry for the Night, but Joy Comes With the Morning
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Psalm 30:5b Everything seems worse in the middle of the night. Whether physical or…
View More Weeping May Tarry for the Night, but Joy Comes With the MorningLessons from Psalm 30 for JOY in Daily Communication With Our Husbands
“Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5b (ESV) Is joy actually possible? In the nitty gritty of…
View More Lessons from Psalm 30 for JOY in Daily Communication With Our HusbandsWinning the Battle
“In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.” Ephesians 6:16 At times, the…
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