One year ago my husband and I were waiting for the birth of our fourth child. Still waiting, actually. The due date had come and…
View More Peace that Passes Understanding
Category: Friday Devotionals
Will the Real Christians Please Stand Up?
“Will the real Christians please stand up?” Sometimes I wish I could walk to the front of our churches, stand behind the pulpit and, with…
View More Will the Real Christians Please Stand Up?
Shame
I’ve been thinking a lot about shame lately. There is a difference between being shamed and identifying as ashamed. One is put upon you externally,…
View More Shame
Teach Me to Number My Days
Around this time of year, nearly everyone thinks about what they want to do differently in the new year. Most of us have stopped making…
View More Teach Me to Number My Days
Stand Firm & Stay Focused: It’s the Lord’s Work
Less than a year into our first ministry I had a brief exchange with the senior pastor. My husband had been welcomed as the associate…
View More Stand Firm & Stay Focused: It’s the Lord’s Work
The Wonder of the Incarnation of Christ
won·der /ˈwəndər/ noun a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. “The world will never starve for want of wonders; but…
View More The Wonder of the Incarnation of Christ
Behold Your God
“Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news;…
View More Behold Your God
Help for the Holiday Busyness
We are now entering the busiest time of the year for just about everyone. On top of our normally busy lives, the holiday season brings…
View More Help for the Holiday Busyness
The Best Kind of Hungry
Recently, cups of coffee in hand, I asked my husband what weighs on him the most in ministry right now. “Lack of engagement,” was his…
View More The Best Kind of Hungry
Not One Word Fails
What ever happened to the phrase “A man is as good as his word”? Of course, a woman is as good as her word, too,…
View More Not One Word Fails