I readily admit – I would not choose ANY times of grief that my husband and I have experienced over the past 18 years of…
View More Faithful to Grieve: A Pastoral Couple’s SorrowsIndescribable God
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Turn on the news these days, or read social media, and…
View More Indescribable GodLearning to Not Do It All
I feel it in my shoulders first, then the pit of my stomach, and finally it feels almost as if my throat is constricting. My…
View More Learning to Not Do It AllLove 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…
View More Love One AnotherFaithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ Heel
New to ministry, I remember sitting in a seminar room with other pastors’ wives when our speaker asked us to write down one ministry fear.…
View More Faithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ HeelFighting Within the Family of God
Music is a beautiful language which speaks to our souls. Words on the wings of music often break through and affect me much deeper than…
View More Fighting Within the Family of GodCaring for the Hurting Soul
Maybe you have a 100% perfect record in pastoral care, but I must confess – my husband and I don’t. Over the years the accusation…
View More Caring for the Hurting SoulA bouquet of FLOWERS in memory of Dr. Lois Evans
I love it when flowers and a legacy of encouragement go together as in the life of the late Dr. Lois Evans. After her homegoing…
View More A bouquet of FLOWERS in memory of Dr. Lois EvansFaithfulness in Marriage and Sexuality: Practical Pursuits
Previously I shared about God’s heart for marriage and sexuality, rooting our thinking in God’s Word (See “Faithfulness in Marriage and Sexuality: The Theological Foundation”).…
View More Faithfulness in Marriage and Sexuality: Practical PursuitsThe Quiet Wisdom So Easy to Miss
I had begun memorizing it a few days ago, that haunting question from James 3:13, “Who is wise and understanding among you?” Of course I…
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