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And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.  I Tim 1:12, NKJV Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. I Peter 2:17a The Message Bible Viewing life and ministry from behind the pulpit is different from sitting in a…

Romans 12:2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of…

My children were not born into a pastor’s home. Sadly, they knew life with us before Jesus reigned, although I am happy to say that was not too many years. Life where Daddy is in ministry, and in our case, when Daddy is the pastor, was a new learning curve for us all. I was…

II Peter 1:3, 10-12. “seeing that His divine power has granted everything pertaining to life and godliness…therefore, be diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you…therefore, I shall always be ready to remind you of these things…” Have you ever made a list of things that encouraged you? Invest in a review of…

Books I Read Say…. When I was a young minister’s wife, there were few printed materials to offer advice. Books or articles I read seemed to point to some perfection that was so out of reach for me; it seemed unnatural. My life was had changed drastically: I was in the trenches now. My days…

No matter how wonderful a person, place, or thing is, there seems to be something connected to it that is just not fun. Every fulfilling thing has another side, a requirement: it takes effort—I call it grunt work!  It’s in the details, and requires you to think-through, organize, plan, prepare—in other words, work. It requires…

Like any other new thing we encounter, we anticipate what we know and plan how to handle the known challenges.  The early season of ministry has so many new things for us. As my husband and I entered our formal full time service, it corresponded to his first semester in school.  Were we both in…

My husband is THE minister, but hey—what about me? Where do I fit in, and do I even count at all? Seems there are so many expectations, including own expectations, so how do I know what to do, or be? My husband often referred to the “BE” theory – – God created the world and…

Would you believe that doing whatever necessary for us once meant freezing eggs?  Yep, when it was necessary, we froze eggs. In our early days of ministry, the economy was similar to 2011. Life was uncertain. Gasoline prices spiked. People traded large vehicles for small cars. Most people who also lived on campus did whatever…

I think in fairly simple terms, such as—in God’s world there are only two families, and two spirits. There is the Holy Spirit, and the unholy spirit. The unholy spirit is of Satan, the ruler of this world, and his job is rob, kill and destroy you. Therefore, you will face opposition, and disappointments. This…