Weekly Blog Post

The days after Christmas can feel strangely quiet. The sanctuary is no longer full, the calendar suddenly looks bare, and the emotional adrenaline of Advent and Christmas services fades. For many in ministry, this season brings what is often unspoken—the ministry blues. Fatigue sets in. Discouragement whispers. Joy feels distant. If you find yourself here, you…

This season, there is a major marketing push to encourage people to experience “joy”. There is a theme to suggest that if we get what we want for Christmas materially or if we spend a warm time with family and friends, we will experience joy. While it might be great marketing, most of us reading…

Based on 1 Thessalonians 5:14–18 Scripture Focus: “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks…” — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Thanksgiving—real, heart-deep Thanksgiving—does not begin with a holiday. It starts with a heart posture. Paul wasn’t writing to believers sitting in ease but to a community pressed, stretched, and learning to love one another through difficulty. And…

“I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” (Psalm 34:4–5) There are days it feels as if the universe is watching. Ministry is not just a glass house, but a revolving door of constant input, questions,…

My husband coined a phrase during a particularly tough time in ministry. “Words spoken in honor empowers the Holy Spirit to make you look better than you really are but words spoken in dishonor empowers the enemy to cause you to look worse than you really are.” We live in a world where, unfortunately, even in the…

I first posted this story in 2015. What’s interesting about this post is that I don’t remember Joseph. I’m embarrassed about that, especially when you read on. It was a divine appointment for me that day. God sent a messenger to speak to my heart. It is a reminder to me today that He is…

The last time I wrote to you, I encouraged you in the area of what to say and not to say when ministering to persons who have experienced tragedy. Today, I want to discuss faith when this life doesn’t make sense, and it feels as if all “hades” has come against me. I have experienced…

We are living in tragic times. Times that leave us speechless and forlorn with grief. These days continue to be marked by wonder and grief unspeakable. I am thinking of all the loss and grief. As women in ministry leadership, what words do we offer when this life doesn’t make sense? How do we comfort…

Recently, someone asked me about my calling to ministry. I quickly texted the following: “My first calling to ministry was very, very clear during an invitation in the new “big” church in Irving. April of 1981. The next calling would be God speaking (louder than an audible voice), 27,000 feet in the air, as I…

Scripture Focus: “I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and He will hear me… When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints.” — Psalm 77:1, 3 (ESV) Sometimes, it feels as if the Lord has gone silent. We aren’t hearing Him as clearly as we have in the past. We can…