I’ve heard a lot of pastors’ wives receive the advice to be careful whom you trust in your congregations and where you make friends. I…
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What do we do when we can’t do anything?
After a dozen years in ministry, I feel like I should be better at prayer than I am. I should be able to keep a…
View More What do we do when we can’t do anything?Hymns and Hearts of Contentment
“For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.…
View More Hymns and Hearts of ContentmentCultivating Joy
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete,” (John 15:11 NIV). When…
View More Cultivating JoyJoy Always Reminds
“The joy of the Lord is your strength,” (Nehemiah 8:10). The joy-moment came in the middle of a difficult season of ministry. We’d stolen…
View More Joy Always RemindsA Prayer for My Pastor’s Kids
Heavenly Father, Thank You for my pastor’s family. Thank You for blessing them with three children, three unique children. Thank You for allowing us the…
View More A Prayer for My Pastor’s KidsFriday Flowers, part 2 of 2: “I’m Praying for You”
I’m Praying for You I pray a lot in the shower. No one sees me there, and the water spray masks the tears. To be…
View More Friday Flowers, part 2 of 2: “I’m Praying for You”Friday Flowers, Part 1 of 2: “I’m Annoyed”
I’m Annoyed “Sometimes I want to hide in the bathroom,” a friend once said to me, confessing her struggle to love a certain individual in…
View More Friday Flowers, Part 1 of 2: “I’m Annoyed”Hope, Flowers, and Rain
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as…
View More Hope, Flowers, and RainJoyful Satisfaction
What satisfies you? What brings you …purpose? …identity? …joy? Ponder the topic with me for a moment. “When I have ___________ I will be happy.”…
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