One of my favorite story books as a child was The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper which was based on an American folktale.…
View More Hope for Raising the PKs–You Can’t But God CanCategory: Equipping the Pastor’s Wife
Mentoring and Discipling – A Titus 2 Model
You may not think you need other women, but you do. Gender-based mentoring relationships are essential for your journey of sanctification. This is one of…
View More Mentoring and Discipling – A Titus 2 ModelA Hope-filled Pastor’s Wife’s Legacy: Guarding the Trust
My husband pastors two small churches that are each around 150 years old. Often, as I sit in the pews I can feel the weight…
View More A Hope-filled Pastor’s Wife’s Legacy: Guarding the TrustHope When You’re Tired
Investing in the lives of people is work – the gritty, dirty, sweaty kind. The kind that requires stretchy pants and a pony tail and…
View More Hope When You’re TiredHope for the New Year and Every Year to Come
I spent a good part of my quiet times during the year 2020 studying prophecy and heaven. That, coupled with suddenly being thrown into a…
View More Hope for the New Year and Every Year to ComeHope for Eternity: He Will Come Again
When I was a girl my mom often taught missionary stories to our whole group of Sunday School children. I always remember her telling about…
View More Hope for Eternity: He Will Come AgainTension and Twinkle Lights
The tension in my neck and shoulders has been so constant the past several months that my body seems to have grown accustomed to it.…
View More Tension and Twinkle LightsHope-Filled Words: Learning to Speak Words of Hope to Ourselves (Part 2)
In October I wrote an article looking at the living hope we have in Jesus from 1 Peter 1. As we encounter and engage with…
View More Hope-Filled Words: Learning to Speak Words of Hope to Ourselves (Part 2)Finding Hope Amidst Depression, Part 2
A wise friend told my husband, “We can’t be doing the ministry in such a way that it ruins God’s ministry in and to us.…
View More Finding Hope Amidst Depression, Part 2Finding Hope Amidst Depression, Part 1
“I feel angry all the time.” He hung his head. His hands pressed against his forehead. My strong, dependable, even-tempered husband began to cry. (more…)
View More Finding Hope Amidst Depression, Part 1