“It’s so admirable how you’ve stood by your husband through all this.” As I was still reeling from the shifting opinions toward my husband, I…
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Serving Challenging People
You know when you first get to a church, and everyone is excited about the new Pastor and how he will lead? For us, that…
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Serving the Not-So-Humble Lay Leader
When I left my rural Midwest community as an all-wise-eighteen-year-old and was plopped into the heart of inner-city Chicago to go to school, I began…
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What Does All Mean?
Read below or listen in podcast form here: Have you ever been serving in ministry and found yourself thinking, “I really hope he doesn’t show…
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Do What Is Necessary
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat…
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Before the Next 365
As we close one year and step into the next, I invite you to pause for a moment of reflection. What has unfolded for you…
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Glory in a Small Package
How could the full glory of God be contained in one human cell–the very DNA of God shrunk down into the smallest microcosm of His…
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Embracing the Pain of Facing My Pride
Do you feel the pain of your pride? The insidious, creeping thoughts, “Did they notice that I was cleaning the church bathrooms?” “Why don’t people…
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In Training
I grew up in the 60s in a small town in the Midwest. As I recall, we had no organized sports for girls and only…
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