I never knew a valley could be this deep. It doesn’t seem like a valley anymore, more like a pit. These past months I have…
View More Finding Rivers in the Bottom of ValleysCitizens of Heaven
My Canadian husband and I lived in the massive multicultural city of Toronto, Ontario, when we first married. As a United States citizen who only…
View More Citizens of HeavenCelebrity or Servant?
Our culture worships celebrities. Whether they are notorious for doing good or evil, we spend so much of our time scanning the tabloids in the…
View More Celebrity or Servant?Faithful in the Forgotten Corners
Every Saturday for several years, Michael and I with kids in tow would head to the church building together—not for a meeting or a rehearsal,…
View More Faithful in the Forgotten CornersA Servant Undercover
Had you been Mary Tutas Feyen, you might have come across as cranky and stern too, and understandably so. Her father died in a farming…
View More A Servant UndercoverThe Jesus Way
As a teen, I remember singing the song “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.” I thought of my commitment to Jesus, but I did not…
View More The Jesus WayWalk With Me
I go for a walk about three times a day. Once I hit my mid-thirties, this thing started happening where I would absolutely crash on…
View More Walk With MeDo You Need a Yoke Adjustment?
If we’re honest, as pastor’s wives there are times we don’t want to serve. We can feel internal tension between knowing we should serve and…
View More Do You Need a Yoke Adjustment?There Are Monsters in the Church
Over 40 years ago, I went through a divorce and moved back to my hometown (where I still live.) My husband had been unfaithful and…
View More There Are Monsters in the ChurchFreedom Through Servanthood
I made a surprise visit one afternoon just to be neighborly to a lady in our community. Her daughter was our landlord at the time,…
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