Category: Friday Flowers

“Will the real Christians please stand up?”  Sometimes I wish I could walk to the front of our churches, stand behind the pulpit and, with…

I’ve been thinking a lot about shame lately. There is a difference between being shamed and identifying as ashamed. One is put upon you externally,…

Less than a year into our first ministry I had a brief exchange with the senior pastor. My husband had been welcomed as the associate…

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…

What ever happened to the phrase “A man is as good as his word”? Of course, a woman is as good as her word, too,…

Are you broken and battered, feeling like you just can’t face one more challenge? Have you been beating yourself up over your perceived failures? Are…