“You’re married to the pastor, what do you have to be depressed about?” Nobody has ever said this to me but I can imagine it…
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Depression and Self-Counseling: Remembering the Light of Truth in the Darkest of Times Part 2 of 2
My healing from the destructive nature of depression was not an immediate one. It is not something you can put a patch on or rewrite…
View More Depression and Self-Counseling: Remembering the Light of Truth in the Darkest of Times Part 2 of 2Depression: The False Friend (My Story)
My story of depression begins at the age of 19. I had entered my freshmen year of Bible college grieving the loss of my baby…
View More Depression: The False Friend (My Story)Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 2
I cried once at a park. Well, probably more than once considering childhood escapades involving roller skates and hills, but these particular tears came the…
View More Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 2Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 1
My eight-year-old looks up at the industrial lights that crisscross the ceiling of the grocery store, and I brace myself for the ensuing outburst. I’m…
View More Building the Body: Welcoming People of all Abilities into the Church, Part 1When Your Calling Requires Sacrifice
It was the last day before Christmas break, and my daughter arrived home with one of those brown paper bags, our names scrawled along with…
View More When Your Calling Requires SacrificeHospitality Done in Love
As I sit here on this cold, icy day in northeast Kansas and think about the topic of hospitality in the pastor’s home, my mind…
View More Hospitality Done in LoveHospitality–Sometimes it’s More about Receiving than Giving
Every pastor’s wife has one. It’s on a shelf, tucked away in a den somewhere. It’s tacked on a hallway wall space where not too…
View More Hospitality–Sometimes it’s More about Receiving than GivingSharing a Meal to Share Life
“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.” – Romans 12:13 “I promise to love you with hospitality, offering myself to…
View More Sharing a Meal to Share LifeHospitality in the Home
One of my favorite pastimes is visiting and laughing with friends over food. Once the whirlwind of cleaning, coordinating, preparing, and cooking subsides I notice…
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