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article | January 19, 2017

“It’s just so hard to trust God with my future when I have no idea what’s going to happen,” she said in a discouraged tone. “I mean . . . I want to trust God, but it’s just really hard for me. …

article | December 17, 2020

In the midst of demanding expectations, declining church growth, and between unraveling friendships, we often question why we do what we do. As pastors’ wives, it is one thing to be looked down on by the world around you. But it is …

article | October 29, 2020

Lately I have been hearing from many women that they are feeling overwhelmed by the attacks of the enemy on their ministries, marriages, or children. The war in the heavenlies that we are told about in Ephesians 6:12 seems to be raging …

article | September 18, 2017

As I scanned her email, my stomach tied itself in knots. I was a women’s ministry leader, gearing up for the big kick-off of our spring women’s ministry efforts. I’d already invested countless hours and resources in planning an event and organizing …

article | October 21, 2019

Few, if any of us, would deny prayer’s value. But if we as a community of leaders are brutally honest, is group prayer as high of a priority to us as recruiting and shepherding leaders, teaching and training, or casting vision? In …

article | January 2, 2013

Many of you have written that your beauty is an area where you are prone to believing lies. Molly wrote, "Okay, well I'm tall, and I get made fun of for it and I hate it. I have to keep telling me …

article | July 13, 2020

The acid we used in chemistry class burned everything it touched. It ate a hole in a block of wood, etched deep scars in a metal basin, and left a plastic tabletop permanently marred. We donned goggles and gloves and used special …

article | July 29, 2020

Hope scares me now. Hope feels dangerous. Hope feels vulnerable. Hope even feels . . . a little silly. I’ve learned to be gut-level honest here in the valley of the shadow of death—the place that seems like my permanent residence these …

article | October 7, 2019

Introducing someone to brokenness and revival can be like introducing them to sushi. “Here, eat this seaweed-wrapped raw fish draped over gummy rice with a swipe of green mustard so hot it will clear the nostrils of your descendants. You’re gonna love …

article | June 8, 2011

This message is one our culture preaches in earnest to girls and women, beginning in earliest childhood. It comes at us from virtually every angle: television, movies, music, magazines, books, and advertisements. In nearly perfect unison, they paint for us a picture …