“What do you want to be when you grow up?” frequently gets asked of children and teens. As a preschooler, my friend (and fellow PK)…
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Category: Equipping the Pastor’s Wife
Setting Our Minds on Things Above
Our world turns swiftly. Devices ding and flash ‘very important’ messages. E-mail and phones can lead us down endless rabbit holes, consuming precious time that…
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God’s Faithfulness in the Hard
One Sunday morning in May, our family did not show up to church. That’s not normal, considering my husband, Jarod, is the pastor. It just…
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Counseling Your Own Heart
“While biblical truth is the basis for all godly counsel, knowing truth and applying it is not the same thing. It’s vital to know how…
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Anxiety: My Ever-Present Companion
I was driving a friend and her two little girls across a bridge connecting several small islands in Florida when the thought hit me. What…
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In Times of Drought
Lately I’ve been considering what it means to be in a “desert place.” This is typical Christian terminology that I’m sure most of us are…
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Suffering Now But Glory Ahead
“Some of God’s greatest mercies are His refusals. He says no in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.” Elisabeth…
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Every Day Every Thought
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 10:5…
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The Lord Let This Happen So I Would Trust Him More
I have wanted this for a long time – to be the kind of woman who doesn’t need to see the rest of the story…
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Cultivating Life in the Now and Not Yet
When I was a kid at church camp, the directors did something that felt magical to a young aspiring musician. Each year they chose a…
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