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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Author: Sarah Johnson
Sarah has been a pastor's wife in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and in Utah County, the center of Mormonism. She can't think of two more opposite places in the US, but each has been a special joy. She has 5 children and spends most of her time homeschooling and ministering alongside her husband at Fellowship Bible Church. Sarah loves the great outdoors and feeding people and agrees with C.S. Lewis that, "you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
Service as a Mindset, Not a Checklist
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a checklist for each given day? Then you could just know exactly what God wanted you to do…
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A McDonald’s Kind of Joy
There is nothing like a year of Bible college to fill a teenager with zeal and an overestimation of their wisdom and gifts – and…
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When We Weary of Wonderful Things
It’s a peculiar piece of our sin-sick brokenness, that we weary of wonderful things. We grow bored with hobbies we once found exciting, our children…
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The Gift of Offered Grace in Marriage
I can’t remember how it happened anymore. Maybe they skipped over me when passing out communion, or maybe I spilled mine. What I do remember…
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The Freedom of Jesus Only
It’s a lie I’m always fighting, that I can’t live in conscious, ongoing fellowship with Christ because I’m too busy. I want to forever and…
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The Best Kind of Hungry
Recently, cups of coffee in hand, I asked my husband what weighs on him the most in ministry right now. “Lack of engagement,” was his…
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This weekend we will bring my oldest to her first year of Bible college. We will go through registration with her and help her set…
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“This just in, friends – the results aren’t in.” To the one with an exploding church, trying to build a bigger building, trying to keep…
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I am Jonah. It’s not a very flattering idea to think about, but it’s true. Like him, I need to be saved, rescued out of…
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