By: Denise Willis As a believer in the Body of Christ, it is imperative to love as Christ loves. Too often we mistake acceptance for love, withdrawing it from those who may need it most. We think that if we embrace them or love them, we are accepting the very thing with which we disagree….
By: Anita Cook I wish that I knew then, what I know now… Come to think of it; I say that way more frequently the more seasoned I become. Early on in ministry, a visit to our house with little or no notice would send me into a frenzied state. And oh, my poor family–I…
By: Michelle Mundy You know the drill. We need someone to work nursery. Oh, that’s okay, the pastors’ wife can do it. No one wants to work with the youth. The pastors’ wife. Missions Organization? Pastors’ wife. Lead music, play piano, teach Sunday school, arrange events, cook meals, children’s ministry, work as secretary got it…
By: Jodi Aiken “Now that my husband is a Pastor do I need to lengthen my skirts?” This question was one of many I had as we entered the ministry. I felt so inadequate to be the wife of a Pastor. I viewed Pastor’s wives as having it all together, well versed in the Word,…
By: Emily Dean Ladies, I want to share with you about something I am really good at. In fact, I could really consider myself an expert in this. I am really good at being afraid. Anyone know what I’m talking about? Have you ever felt so well acquainted that fear could be your constant companion?…
I longed to be a mother, but I was barren for the first twelve years of marriage. Our journey was as follows; Declared barren Five failed open adoptions One still born birth in the six month of pregnancy High-Risk Pregnancy in our twelfth year of marriage Mother’s Day was always a brutal reminder that I…
By: Jodi Aiken Have you ever made a promise to God not knowing what kind of resolve it would take, but you were all in? In my late twenties, God called me to follow Him into ministry. In yielding to His calling I promised God, I would never turn down an opportunity to share with…
By: Bobi Ann Allen But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.–1 Cor. 15:10 Have you ever been robbed? When I was a girl,…
By: Donna Avant Recently my husband, John, purchased a fish and a fishbowl to use in a sermon illustration. His plan was to give away the fish and the fishbowl the next week. However, he grew fond of the fish and, oddly, I have also. He confessed last week to our entire congregation that he…
Recently, an Uber conversation turned to the reason I was in the city. In the midst of dialogue, my driver said, “We are the same in our religion. You have your prophet, and I have mine!” My response stopped him. “Well you can say that but not me. You see my Savior came and died…
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