“We missed you at the ladies meeting last night.” “I noticed you weren’t at church on Sunday. Is everything okay?” Over the years as a…
View More Faithfulness Amidst Social PressuresAuthor: Wendy McCready
Wendy lives in Alma, Ontario, Canada with her husband Mark and two daughters where Mark has been the senior pastor of Alma Bible Church since the summer of 2010. Together they have served for over 15 years in rural and small-town ministry. Their previous small-town pastoral work included a church in the mountains of Colorado while Mark was in seminary, and then in northern Ontario “cottage” country upon graduation. Wendy works as an Educational Assistant in the local schools where she enjoys making community connections in order to share Christ and helping children with special challenges learn new things. She also enjoys participating in music ministry in their church and hosting people in their home.
Surviving and Thriving in Church Politics
“Beware the people who meet you at the airport.” I’m not sure where we first heard this phrase in our ministry lives, but that advice…
View More Surviving and Thriving in Church PoliticsDon’t Devour 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 Don’t Devour One AnotherLove 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 AnotherA FaithFULL Ministry Marriage
I will never forget my introduction to one of the ladies from the first church in which we served as a young married couple. I…
View More A FaithFULL Ministry MarriageGod’s Faithfulness through Miscarriage
It was New Year’s 2009. I don’t remember how we rang in the new year that year, but I do remember the significant new thing…
View More God’s Faithfulness through MiscarriageHe Will Come–Advent Devotional
If you’re anything like me, you sometimes enter the Christmas season bracing yourself for the hectic schedules, feeling weary before it’s begun. Here at Flowers…
View More He Will Come–Advent DevotionalFaithfulness to your Family—Keeping Them Your Primary Ministry
It was a particularly crazy time in our ministry lives (what time isn’t?!) when my husband and I were trying to juggle life with one…
View More Faithfulness to your Family—Keeping Them Your Primary MinistryLessons on Faithfulness from a Shrub
It was the case of woman vs. shrub. The woman? Me. The shrub? An old spirea bush in my front flower bed. I had three…
View More Lessons on Faithfulness from a ShrubTireless Tending Reaps Rewards
I used to run a bit in high school for fitness. Now that I have been out of high school for over twenty years walks…
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