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article | June 4, 2020

Your Challenge Fix your eyes on Jesus and the finish line by reading Hebrews 12:1-3 every day for ten days. Today’s Verse Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance. —Hebrews …

article | May 10, 2019

A few weeks ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to teach at our church’s high school retreat. It was a fruitful (and . . . um . . . sanctifying) experience. After weeks of preparing for, praying over, and pouring …

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 | September 19, 2017

You’re at camp or in a church service or reading your Bible when suddenly you feel a strange tugging on your heart. It feels like God is asking you to do something, maybe something very specific. Like: Go to the foreign mission …

article | November 16, 2020

I was in a prayer meeting with trusted brothers and sisters in Christ, and yet I squirmed! I’d been encouraged, inspired, and drawn toward the Lord so many times through this specific gathering, but that morning was different. When unneeded details were …

article | August 26, 2009

Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be …

article | July 28, 2016

Fifteen years ago today I walked down a sandy aisle and married Jason barefoot at sunset (swoon!). Having a decade and a half of marriage under my belt doesn't exactly qualify me as a marriage expert. I've still got a lot to …

article | August 4, 2016

My parents are divorced. That sentence has been true for two-thirds of my life, and sometimes I still wince when I say it. Because it misses God's best, divorce is always painful. I've been walking around with pieces of shrapnel in my …

article | July 29, 2015

Caution: Contains explicit material not suitable for all readers. Monday I waved a caution flag warning that porn is everywhere in our culture and is increasingly socially acceptable among Christians. That whole post might have felt like I was simply stating the …

article | April 2, 2020

In ministry, we face many problems and challenges. From little snafus—like running out of sweet tea during a women’s ministry luncheon—to bigger ones like a conflict between ministry leaders, problems are part and parcel in ministry life. What are some of those …