Our world turns swiftly. Devices ding and flash ‘very important’ messages. E-mail and phones can lead us down endless rabbit holes, consuming precious time that…
View More Setting Our Minds on Things AboveCategory: For Pastor’s Wives
God’s Faithfulness in the Hard
One Sunday morning in May, our family did not show up to church. That’s not normal, considering my husband, Jarod, is the pastor. It just…
View More God’s Faithfulness in the HardYour Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done
“You are not the boss of me!” With each tiny fist planted firmly on her hips, her toys strewn all over the kitchen floor, my…
View More Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be DoneCounseling Your Own Heart
“While biblical truth is the basis for all godly counsel, knowing truth and applying it is not the same thing. It’s vital to know how…
View More Counseling Your Own HeartAnxiety: My Ever-Present Companion
I was driving a friend and her two little girls across a bridge connecting several small islands in Florida when the thought hit me. What…
View More Anxiety: My Ever-Present CompanionSimple Prayers in Suffering
“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.” (Philippians 3:10) Yes, this is what I want, or is it what I think…
View More Simple Prayers in SufferingLiving Through Our Abilities, Not Our Limitations
We recently gathered to celebrate the life of my father-in-law—a man who lived legally blind, yet saw life more clearly than most. Standing there, remembering…
View More Living Through Our Abilities, Not Our LimitationsNo Place Like it on Earth
For hundreds of years the English-speaking world has known the word “utopia” to signify an ideal society or community where the principles of operation dispelled…
View More No Place Like it on EarthWhich Fruit?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23…
View More Which Fruit?Ready For His Return
My husband planted morning glories to crawl up our porch last summer. They grew and flourished. Sprawling, green leaves multiplied. Purple, pink, and white blooms…
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