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Pastor Appreciation Month

Let’s appreciate pastors this month by appreciating Jesus for eternity.

100% of Pastors...

Over the past several months of counseling and conversations with men and women in ministry, there is a very common theme that continues ...

Reflections on Psalm 126

Over the past few weeks, our world has seen particular violence and outcries to that violence. It’s a violence that has made us forget th...

For the Tired One

Wife. Mom. Sister. Daughter. Friend. Church Planter. Pastor’s Wife. Counselor. Teacher. Chef. Project Manager. Referee. This list of role...

Pastor, It's Ok To Be Afraid!

Well, here we are. Living in a world we never imagined or desired. As much as we may try to ignore it, it’s reality, and it’s global. A l...

Reflections On Sabbatical

To be unraveled is a good thing. We hold ourselves so tightly. Our thoughts. Our emotions. The stresses of our days. The agendas, schedul...

A Pastor's Need to Be Found

This may sound a little funny, but the other day I was thinking about the game "Marco Polo!" and how it related to pastors. I am a pastor...

Struggle Well

“For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerful works within me.” Colossians 1:29 To live is to struggle. I have yet to...

The God Who is Near

"O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search ou...

The Valley

“Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that t...

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