If it is true, as the saying goes, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then I suggest that the way to…
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A new job in pastoral ministry often means moving to a new town—a community to learn to know, love, and call home. A change in…
View More Loving the Place We Call Home: Our Ministry and Church FamilyThe Lasting Legacy of a Ministry Couple: Aquila and Priscilla, AD 49-to Present
Aquila and Priscilla show us a fascinating example of serving well together. Join rural church-planting wives, Denna Busenitz (Sandhills of NE) and Madelyn Fox (Allakaket,…
View More The Lasting Legacy of a Ministry Couple: Aquila and Priscilla, AD 49-to PresentLoving the Place We Call Home: Our Community Part One
Unpack Your Boxes When we moved to a small-town we had never heard of before, for our first calling into ministry, it did not immediately…
View More Loving the Place We Call Home: Our Community Part OneMy Pastor’s Wife
The first pastor’s wife that I remember was my very best friend’s mother. We were in Kindergarten and I thought she was such a lovely…
View More My Pastor’s WifeIntentional Discipleship: Obeying the Command
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of…
View More Intentional Discipleship: Obeying the Command6 Tips for Cultivating Your Marriage When Others Criticize
I love my husband. More than anyone else on the earth. In my eyes, he’s as close to perfect as it comes. (I know I…
View More 6 Tips for Cultivating Your Marriage When Others CriticizeDiscipleship Preparations: Inward Focus
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God…
View More Discipleship Preparations: Inward FocusLet Go and Hold Fast
“For the love of Christ controls us.” (II Corinthians 5:14 NASB) How do you catch a monkey? Put a treat in a hole…
View More Let Go and Hold FastIntroduction to Discipleship
In today’s Christian culture, discipleship is a popular word. It sounds hip or modern in our discussions of ecclesiological views and practices. Yet in observing…
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