Living in a house with three small boys means I’m surrounded by a lot of superheroes. The Avengers and Justice League are scattered on the…
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of…
View More Every Mom needs Mom FriendsIdolatry: The Thief of Joy
I struggle with idolatry, the ultimate thief of joy. It is a daily reality that pulls my heart away from the worship of my Lord…
View More Idolatry: The Thief of JoyMy Faithfully Sure Calling
Sometimes I question my calling to be a pastor’s wife. I’m not your typical type of pastor’s wife. I didn’t go to Bible school. I…
View More My Faithfully Sure CallingTell Me Your Story
I am often surprised by how much I don’t know about people whom I call friends. I don’t know where they went to college or…
View More Tell Me Your StoryI Didn’t Go to Africa
The church is warm, hot really, which isn’t surprising considering it’s the middle of summer in Kansas. My stomach sends nervous signals that make me…
View More I Didn’t Go to AfricaMy Husband (Who Happens to Be a Pastor)
I was at a ladies’ luncheon at church getting to know my new church family when one of the ladies innocently asked, “So how did…
View More My Husband (Who Happens to Be a Pastor)Intimacy or Isolation?
My husband and I taught a marriage conference this weekend and we prepared some good lessons outlining basic relationship skills: be nice, respond to your…
View More Intimacy or Isolation?Fish Bowl Living: Accepting and Forgetting
The house we lived in outside of our first small-town ministry was “backwards.” The back wall of our chalet style house was patterned with many…
View More Fish Bowl Living: Accepting and ForgettingHe is Not Slow
One of the joys of ministry is seeing people come to know Christ: to see the light of Christ shining in their lives for the…
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