Thankful in the Middle of It! Thanksgiving. It is a time of year when we are encouraged to pause and thank the Lord for our many blessings. In the U.S., we usually mark this holiday by eating, family and friend visits, parades and shopping, and oh….more eating and more shopping! Just to the north of…
Intimacy not Information If you missed the first three posts in this series, you can find them here. Today, in this last installment, we’ll examine the third barrier we must overcome to move toward hope. We must shift from searching for information to searching for intimacy. Our appetite for information is voracious when we are…
Humility, not Humiliation If you missed the first two posts in this series, you can find click for part 1 and part 2. Today, we’re looking at the second barrier that can obscure our way forward when we are trapped in shame. When shame has us in its grip, the enemy of our souls tries to convince…
Confession, not Confrontation It’s October and Pastor appreciation month, but the sad but true reality for many of our men is that they are weary in well-doing. Some have left their first love and now are wandering heavily burdened. What can we encourage our men to pursue when they want to throw in the towel…
*trigger warning* this post touches on the topic of suicide It’s October, and as many of you know, it’s Pastor Appreciation Month. While this time is meant to honor and uplift our spiritual leaders, it’s also a sobering reminder that pastors are often weary—some even weary in their well-doing. Yesterday, I came across a heartbreaking…
By Christi Watson A few weeks ago, Diane Nix asked to republish my article entitled “Confessions of A PK.” The article ran in 2016. I was a different person then. We were all different people then. Between the publishing of the 2016 article and the time of this writing, the entire planet has plowed through…
By Leighann McCoy If you were to look through my prayer journals, you’d see a recurring theme: “Oh God, Please! Do (so many different things that are oh-so-necessary) in the lives of (one or more of my 3 children).” Those 3 kids of mine get more of my prayer time than anyone on the face…
By: Lindsey Wingo As a pastor’s kid who grew up to marry a music minister, I am often asked what it has been like to grow up in a full-time, vocational, ministry family. Many people have asked me what my parents did to produce four children who love the Lord and have all married spouses…
This month, we are taking a look at pastor’s kids. The life of a kid raised in a ministry home can be an incredible blessing. But truth be told, it is a huge pressure on our kids. Until recently, I haven’t understood this. In the next few posts, we will release and repost articles that…
When I think of Martha and Mary, I am always the Martha personality who wants to be a Mary personality. But if I’m honest with myself, I can quickly get swept up in ministry work. I love what I do. I love my husband, my family, and my life. And yet, there has been a…
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