“I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong–that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:11-12 (NIV) Several years ago, as I looked around my thriving metropolitan church, I noticed that few elderlyRead the Rest…
I’m gonna take a stab at something. I’m imagining you, driving in the car, cooking or cleaning, exercising, lying in bed…and you can’t stop thinking about that circumstance, conflict or decision in your ministry. You worry think about it in a hundred different ways. What if I did this? No,Read the Rest…
“He saw through their duplicity and said to them…” Luke 20:23, NIV When I was a little girl, I began to get chosen for parts in school plays. The talent God gave me flourished all the way through high school. In my small town, I was a pretty big hit!Read the Rest…
I laid my DVD selections on the counter that afternoon, trying to make eye contact with the employee serving me. “How is your day going, Victoria?” I asked. She looked up at me with a stunned expression. “You know, you’re the first customer I remember ever saying my name, andRead the Rest…
“The primary impediments to a strong ministerial family are not church politics or other environmental disadvantages. Instead, impediments arise from the lack of lived-out love in the couple for each other and their children.” H.B. London Jr. Over Christmas break, I began to fume over the fact that each familyRead the Rest…
