Articles
Just Be Yourself
There were quite a few challenges in my early years of being a pastor’s wife. We had moved our young family to Baton Rouge eager to make a difference in the world. And the small church filled with older
How to Stay the Course When Ministry Hurts
When I first went into ministry, I didn't know what a beautiful and painful journey it would be. Through the joys and the sorrows, I have learned that in order to complete my journey, I would need to retreat,
The Good In The Awful
By Vanessa Shepherd The weekend forecast was stormy but all weather reports pointed to there being a few hours of break in the rain for my much anticipated yard sale, so at the first sign of things subsiding (with
Pursuing Excellence, Not Perfection
By Melanie Stone God excels at what He does; He does all things well. He’s perfect in every way. Psalm 8:1 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory
We All Crave More
By Danielle Hallberg I think it became real for me when I was approached by a young woman who had an eating disorder. She had just graduated high school, was in a ministry internship, and by all outward accounts she
When God Is Your Job
By Kerri Weems One of the things we have to guard against as spiritual leaders is letting our relationship with God become a job that we have to do, rather than a relationship that we want to nurture. For